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238—Isa ibn Ali informed us. Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Baghawi informed us. Abu Sa‘id al-Ashajj narrated to us. Yahya ibn al-Yaman narrated to us. He said: I heard Sufyan al-Thawri say:
“Religious innovation is dearer to Iblis than sin, for one may repent from sin, whereas one does not repent from religious innovation.”
٢٣٨ - أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ عَلِيٍّ , قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَغَوِيُّ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجُّ , قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْيَمَانِ , قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيَّ يَقُولُ: «الْبِدْعَةُ أَحَبُّ إِلَى إِبْلِيسَ مِنَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ , وَالْمَعْصِيَةُ يُتَابُ مِنْهَا , وَالْبِدْعَةُ لَا يُتَابُ مِنْهَا»