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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 14290 — I came to the Prophet ﷺ with a cross

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، ثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَابْنُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ ح، وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي، ثَنَا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالُوا: ثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، أَنَا غُطَيْفُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ، مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَزِيرَةِ، عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَفِي عُنُقِي صَلِيبٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فَقَالَ: " يَا عَدِيُّ اطْرَحْ هَذَا الْوَثَنَ مِنْ عُنُقِكَ، فَطَرَحْتُهُ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ بَرَاءَةَ فَقَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ} [التوبة: ٣١] حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْهَا، فَقُلْتُ: إنَّا لَسْنَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ، فَقَالَ: «أَلَيْسَ يُحَرِّمُونَ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ فَتُحَرِّمُونُهُ، ويُحِلُّونَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللهُ فَتَسْتَحِلُّونَهُ؟» قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: «فَتِلْكَ عِبَادَتُهُمْ»
Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a cross of gold around my neck. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Adi, throw this idol off your neck." So I threw it off. Then I reached him (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was reciting Surah Bara'ah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allah" [Surah al-Tawbah: 31], until he finished it. I said: "We do not worship them." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Is it not the case that they make unlawful what Allah has made lawful, and you then regard it as unlawful; and they make lawful what Allah has made unlawful, and you then regard it as lawful?" I said: "Yes, indeed." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That is their worship."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 14290
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 17، صفحہ 92، حدیث 218