Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِسُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلاَفِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَىْءٍ فَخُذُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَىْءٍ فَانْتَهُوا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Abdullah narrated to us: Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us: Jarir informed us, from al-Amash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Leave me with what I have left you. Those before you were only ruined by their questioning and their disagreement with their Prophets. When I command you to do something, do of it what you are able; and when I forbid you something, abstain from it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic begins by asking the audience to leave what he has left unaddressed; it does not include the explanatory parenthetical found in the English witness. The command to act is qualified by ability, while the prohibition is an unqualified instruction to abstain.