732 — Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Faqih informed us; Umar ibn Ahmad informed us; Muhammad ibn Harun ibn Humayd narrated to us; Abu Hammam narrated to us; Baqiyyah narrated to us, saying:

Al-Awza‘i said to me, “Abu Muhammad, what do you say about people who detest the hadith of their Prophet?”

I replied, “They are an evil people.”

He said, “Whenever you narrate to an adherent of religious innovation something from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that contradicts his innovation, he will inevitably detest the hadith.”