hadith
1933
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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Never start a practice based on an innovation; for a man who initiates a bad practice will incur its sin and the sins of the people who imitate him.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : إيّاكَ أنْ تَسُنَّ سُنّةَ بدعةٍ ؛ فإنَّ العبدَ إذا سَنَّ سُنّةً سيّئةً لَحِقَهُ وِزْرُها ووِزْرُ مَن عَمِلَ بها.
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