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darimi:438Abū ʿĀṣim > Lā Adrī Samiʿtuh Minh or Lāb. ʿAwn > Muḥammad

[Machine] "I do not know if I heard it from him or from Ibn 'Awn about Muhammad, 'Indeed, this knowledge is a religion, so be careful who you take your religion from.'"  

الدارمي:٤٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ قَالَ

لَا أَدْرِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ أَوْ لابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ دِينٌ فَانْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأْخُذُونَ دِينَكُمْ»  


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Be careful where you get your religion from

muslim:i018Ḥasan 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:i٠١٨حَدَّثَنَا 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