English translation
4611. It was narrated from Ibn Shihāb that Abū Idrīs Al-Khawlānī 'Ā'idhullāh informed him that Yazīd bin 'Amīrah – who was one of the companions of Mu'ādhdh bin Jabal – informed him, that he never sat in a gathering of remembrance without saying: "Allāh is a just Judge, may those who doubt perish." Mu'ādhdh bin Jabal said one day: "Ahead of you there are trials in which there will be a great deal of wealth, and the Qur'ān will be so easy that believers and hypocrites, men and women, young and old, slave and free will all learn it. Then soon a man will say: 'Why don't the people follow me when I have read the Qur'ān. They will not follow me until I innovate something else for them.' So beware of that which is innovated, for that which is innovated is misguidance. And beware of the deviation of a man of wisdom, for the Shaitān may utter words of misguidance on the lips of a man of wisdom, and a hypocrite may speak a word of truth." He said: "I said to Mu'ādhdh: 'How could I tell, may Allāh have mercy on you, when the man of wisdom speaks a word of misguidance, and the hypocrite speaks a word of truth?' He said: 'Rather, avoid the wise man's words that become well known and it is said about them: "What is this?" and that should not avert you from him, because he may retract it. And you should accept the truth when you hear it, for the truth has light.'"
(Sahih)
Abū Dāwūd said: In this Ḥadīth Ma'mar said, from Az-Zuhri: "And that did not cause you to have an aversion to him" instead of: "avert you." And Ṣāliḥ bin Kaisān said, from Az-Zuhri, in this Ḥadīth: "which is not clear" in place of: "well known" and he said: "not avert you" just as 'Uqail said (in number 4611). And Ibn Ishāq said, from Az-Zuhri: "He said: 'Rather what confuses you from the saying of the man of wisdom, such that you say: "What does he mean by this statement?"
Arabic text
4611 - حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيَّ عَائِذَ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ عُمَيْرَةَ - وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ - أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ: كَانَ لَا يَجْلِسُ مَجْلِسًا لِلذِّكْرِ حِينَ يَجْلِسُ إِلَّا قَالَ: «اللَّهُ حَكَمٌ قِسْطٌ هَلَكَ الْمُرْتَابُونَ»، فَقَالَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ يَوْمًا: " إِنَّ مِنْ وَرَائِكُمْ فِتَنًا يَكْثُرُ فِيهَا الْمَالُ، وَيُفْتَحُ فِيهَا الْقُرْآنُ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَهُ الْمُؤْمِنُ وَالْمُنَافِقُ، وَالرَّجُلُ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ، وَالصَّغِيرُ، وَالْكَبِيرُ، وَالْعَبْدُ، وَالْحُرُّ، فَيُوشِكُ قَائِلٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ: مَا لِلنَّاسِ لَا يَتَّبِعُونِي وَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ مَا هُمْ بِمُتَّبِعِيَّ حَتَّى أَبْتَدِعَ لَهُمْ غَيْرَهُ، فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمَا ابْتُدِعَ، فَإِنَّ مَا ابْتُدِعَ ضَلَالَةٌ، وَأُحَذِّرُكُمْ زَيْغَةَ الْحَكِيمِ، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ يَقُولُ كَلِمَةَ الضَّلَالَةِ عَلَى لِسَانِ الْحَكِيمِ، وَقَدْ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُ كَلِمَةَ الْحَقِّ "، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِمُعَاذٍ: مَا يُدْرِينِي رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ أَنَّ الْحَكِيمَ قَدْ يَقُولُ كَلِمَةَ الضَّلَالَةِ وَأَنَّ الْمُنَافِقَ قَدْ يَقُولُ كَلِمَةَ الْحَقِّ؟ قَالَ: «بَلَى، اجْتَنِبْ مِنْ كَلَامِ الْحَكِيمِ الْمُشْتَهِرَاتِ الَّتِي يُقَالُ لَهَا مَا هَذِهِ، وَلَا يُثْنِيَنَّكَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يُرَاجِعَ، وَتَلَقَّ الْحَقَّ إِذَا سَمِعْتَهُ فَإِنَّ عَلَى الْحَقِّ نُورًا»، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، وَلَا يُنْئِيَنَّكَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ، مَكَانَ يُثْنِيَنَّكَ، وَقَالَ صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، فِي هَذَا: الْمُشَبِّهَاتِ، مَكَانَ الْمُشْتَهِرَاتِ، وَقَالَ: لَا يُثْنِيَنَّكَ كَمَا قَالَ عُقَيْلٌ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ بَلَى مَا تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ قَوْلِ الْحَكِيمِ حَتَّى تَقُولَ مَا أَرَادَ بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ
