An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths
Hadith 9, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ صَخْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم يَقُولُ: "مَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ، وَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَأْتُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، فَإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ كَثْرَةُ مَسَائِلِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافُهُمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ ". [رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ] ،[وَمُسْلِمٌ]
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “Whatever I have forbidden you, avoid it; and whatever I have commanded you, do of it as much as you are able. For it was only the abundance of their questions and their disagreement with their prophets that destroyed those who came before you.” [Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim].