Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 248

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Mishkat al-Masabih 248
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْعُذْرِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «يَحْمِلُ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ كُلِّ خَلَفٍ عُدُولُهُ يَنْفُونَ عَنْهُ تَحْرِيفَ الْغَالِينَ وَانْتِحَالَ الْمُبْطِلِينَ وَتَأْوِيلَ الْجَاهِلين» . رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيّ
Translation

Ibrahim b. ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-‘Udhri reported God's messengeras saying, "In every successive century those who are reliable authoritieswill preserve this knowledge, rejecting the changes made by extremists, the plagiarisms of those who make false claims for themselves, and theinterpretations of the ignorant.”**The source is lacking. The editor of the Damascus edition of the Mishkat says the traditionis given by Baihaqi in al-Madkhal.