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muslim:2670 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth And Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > Sulaymān b. ʿAtīq > Ṭalq b. Ḥabīb > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays > ʿAbdullāh

Ruined, were those who indulged in hair-splitting. He (the Holy Prophet) repeated this thrice.

مسلم:٢٦٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَتِيقٍ عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ قَالَهَا ثَلاَثًا

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abudawud:4608 – Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Ibn Jurayj > Sulaymān / Ibn ʿAtīq > Ṭalq b. Ḥabīb > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"Beware! The extremists perished," saying it three times.

أبو داود:٤٦٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَتِيقٍ عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ

tabarani:10368 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > Sulaymān b. ʿAtīq > Ṭalq b. Ḥabīb > al-Aḥnaf b. Qays > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, the reckless ones are doomed to destruction."

الطبراني:١٠٣٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَتِيقٍ عَنْ طَلْقِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلَا هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ»