Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 187

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Mishkat al-Masabih 187
Arabic hadith text

وَعَن غُضَيْف بن الْحَارِث الثمالِي قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: (مَا أَحْدَثَ قَوْمٌ بِدْعَةً إِلَّا رُفِعَ مِثْلُهَا مِنَ السُّنَّةِ فَتَمَسُّكٌ بِسُنَّةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ إِحْدَاث بِدعَة) رَوَاهُ أَحْمد

Translation

Ghuḍayf ibn al-Ḥārith al-Thumālī reported that the Messenger of God said: ‘Whenever a people introduce an innovation, an equivalent measure of the Sunnah is lifted away. Holding fast to a Sunnah is better than introducing an innovation.’ Aḥmad transmitted it.