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1 – “Allah will not accept the deed of an innovator until he abandons his innovation.”
Reported by Ibn Mājah on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās.
Authentic: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa’l-Tarhīb (53), second edition.
Later ruled weak: al-Silsilah al-Ḍaʿīfah (1492).
2 – “Beware of relating anything from me except what you are sure of.”
Reported by al-Tirmidhī on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās.
Authentic: al-Mishkāt (232).
Later ruled weak: al-Silsilah al-Ḍaʿīfah (1783).
3 – “Fear Allah; the most treacherous of you in our sight is the one who seeks office.”
Reported by al-Ṭabarānī on the authority of Abū Mūsā.
Sound (Ḥasan): Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ (103).
Later ruled weak: al-Silsilah al-Ḍaʿīfah (3642).
4 – “Beware of a house called the bathhouse… so let him cover himself.”
Reported by al-Bazzār and al-Ḥākim on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās.
Authentic: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa’l-Tarhīb (161), second edition.
Later ruled weak: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa’l-Tarhīb (127), Maʿārif edition.