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tabarani:15238Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. Najdah al-Ḥawṭī > Abū al-Mughīrah > Ṣafwān b. ʿAmr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr from his father > ʿAwf b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Are you leaving my commands? Verily, my example and that of my successors is like a man who bought a camel and a cow. He raised them and then brought them to a pond. The camel drank its best water and left behind its impurities. The best water is yours, and the impurities are upon them."  

الطبراني:١٥٢٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ نَجْدَةَ الْحَوْطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ثنا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَلْ أَنْتُمْ تَارِكُوا لِي أُمَرَائِي؟ فَإِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اشْتَرَى إِبِلًا وَبَقَرًا فَرَعَاهَا ثُمَّ أَوْرَدَهَا حَوْضًا فَأَشْرَعَتْ فِيهِ فَشَرِبَتْ صَفْوَهُ وَتَرَكَتْ كَدَرَهُ فَصَفْوُهُ هُوَ لَكُمْ وَكَدَرُهُ عَلَيْهِمِ»  


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السيوطي:٢٤٠٠٤a

"هَلْ أَنْتُمْ تَارِكُونَ لِي أُمَرَائِي؟ إِنَّما مَثَلُكُمْ وَمَثَلُهُمْ كمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتُرْعِيَ إِبِلًا أَوْ غَنَمًا فَرَعَاهَا، ثُمَّ تَحَيَّنَ سَعْيَهَا فَأَوْردَهَا حوْضًا فَشَرَعَتْ فِيهِ، فَشَرِبَتْ صَفْوَهُ وَتَركَتْ كَدَرَهُ، فَصَفْوُهُ لَكُمْ، وَكَدَرُهُ عَلَيهِمْ".  

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