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[Machine] Ali and Ibn Mas'ud said, "Exaggeration in a semi-deliberate form should not be killed by it."  

الطبراني:٩٧٢٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ

عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَا «تَغْلِيظٌ فِي شِبْهِ الْعَمْدِ لَا يُقْتُلُ بِهِ»