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6 – Al-Muthannā ibn Muʿādh narrated to us, from Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī, who said: Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān informed us, from ʿAlī ibn Zayd, who said: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz delivered a sermon to us at Khunāsirah and declared, “In my view, the finest worship is to avoid what is forbidden and to fulfill the obligatory duties.”
٦ - حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ: خَطَبَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بِخَنَاصِرَةَ فَقَالَ: «أَرَى أَفْضَلَ الْعِبَادَةِ اجْتِنَابَ الْمَحَارِمِ، وَأَدَاءَ الْفَرَائِضِ»