Hadith 134

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 1: Faith Sahīh

Chapter 6

Reliance on the Book and the Sunnah - Section 1

باب الاعتصام بالكتاب والسنة - الفصل الأول

Sahīh
Mishkat al-Masabih 141
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَخَيْرَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ» . رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ
Jabir reported God’s messenger as saying, “To proceed:

The best discourse is God’s Book, the best guidance is that given by Muhammad, and the worst things are those which are novelties. Every innovation is error.” Muslim transmitted it.