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darimi:433 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad

[Machine] This knowledge is a religion, so let the person consider from whom they take their religion.  

الدارمي:٤٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ

«إِنَّ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ دِينٌ فَلْيَنْظُرِ الرَّجُلُ عَمَّنْ يَأْخُذُ دِينَهُ»  

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Be careful where you get your religion from

muslim:i018 – Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb And Hishām > Muḥammad > Fuḍayl > Hishām > Makhlad b. Ḥusayn > Hishām > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

‘Indeed this knowledge is faith, so carefully consider from whom you take your faith’.  

مسلم:i٠١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَهِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَحَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ

إِنَّ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ دِينٌ فَانْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأْخُذُونَ دِينَكُمْ  

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السيوطي:٧٣٩٨a –

"إِنَّ هذا العلمَ دِينٌ، فانظُروا عمَّن تأخذونه".  

أَبو نصر السجزى في الإبانة وقال غريبٌ، والديلمى عن أَبى هريرة (ورواه مسلم عن ابن سيرين من قوله)