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suyuti:3892a –
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السيوطي:٣٨٩٢a –

("اقتصادٌ في سُنَّةٍ خيرٌ مِن اجتهادٍ في بِدْعةٍ".  

أبو الشيخ، عن أبي هريرة)

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darimi:223 – Mūsá b. Khālid > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah And Mālik b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "The intention in the Sunnah is better than the effort in innovation."  

الدارمي:٢٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ وَمَالِكِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

«الْقَصْدُ فِي السُّنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الِاجْتِهَادِ فِي الْبِدْعَةِ»  

ahmad-zuhd:871 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Mālik b. al-Ḥārith > ʿImārah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd

[Machine] Abdullah said, "Economy in following the Sunnah is better than exerting efforts in innovation."  

الزهد لأحمد:٨٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ وَعَنْ عِمَارَةَ كِلَاهُمَا عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ الِاقْتِصَادُ فِي السُّنَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الِاجْتِهَادِ فِي الْبِدْعَةِ