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suyuti:13446a –

[Machine] “Speak to people in terms of what they understand, and do not speak to them of what they will reject; otherwise they will end up denying God and His Messenger.”  

السيوطي:١٣٤٤٦a –

("حَدِّثُوا النَّاسَ بِمَا يَعْرِفُونَ، ولَا تُحَدِّثُوهُمْ بِمَا يُنْكِرُونَ، فَيُكَذِّبُونَ اللَّه وَرَسُولَهُ".  

قال البخارى في كتاب (العلم): حدثنا عبيد اللَّه بن موسى عن معروف بن خربوذ عن أَبى الطفيل عن على بن أبى طالب قال: قال رسول اللَّه ﷺ الحديث يقال: هذا من كلام على")

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Speak to people at their level in order to prevent religious discord

bukhari:127 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Maʿrūf b. Kharrabūdh > Abū al-Ṭufayl > ʿAlī

The above mentioned Statement of ʿAli ˹who said: "Speak to the people in a way that they understand. Do you like for Allah and His Messenger to be denied?"˺  

البخاري:١٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَعْرُوفِ بْنِ خَرَّبُوذٍ عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

بِذَلِكَ: [حَدِّثُوا النَّاسَ، بِمَا يَعْرِفُونَ، أَتُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُكَذَّبَ، اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ]