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Likewise, al-Uwaysī narrated to me—through Ibn Abī al-Zinād, from his father—who said: “They never stay fixed on any course of action, even when it appeals to them; their incessant disputation simply carries them off to something else. Thus every day they are caught in a new doubt and in a faith of sheer misguidance.”
كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي الْأُوَيْسِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ: «لَا يُقِيمُونَ عَلَى أَمْرٍ وَإِنْ أَعْجَبَهُمْ إِلَّا نَقَلَهُمُ الْجَدَلُ إِلَى أَمْرٍ سِوَاهُ، فَهُمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي شُبْهَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ وَدِينِ ضَلَالٍ»