حَدَّثَنَا
سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
بَقِيَّةُ ، عَنْ
أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ
حَبِيبِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الرَّحَبِيِّ ، عَنْ
غُضَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الثُّمَالِيِّ ، قَالَ : بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ ابْنُ مَرْوَانَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا أَبَا أَسْمَاءَ ، إِنَّا قَدْ جْمَعْنَا النَّاسَ عَلَى أَمْرَيْنِ ، قَالَ : وَمَا هُمَا ؟ قَالَ : رَفْعُ الْأَيْدِي عَلَى الْمَنَابِرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ، وَالْقَصَصُ بَعْدَ الصُّبْحِ ، وَالْعَصْرِ ، فَقَالَ : أَمَا إِنَّهُمَا أَمْثَلُ بِدْعَتِكُمْ عِنْدِي ، وَلَسْتُ مُجِيبَكَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْهُمَا ، قَالَ : لِمَ ؟ قَالَ : لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ :
" مَا أَحْدَثَ قَوْمٌ بِدْعَةً إِلَّا رُفِعَ مِثْلُهَا مِنَ السُّنَّةِ " ، فَتَمَسُّكٌ بِسُنَّةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ إِحْدَاثِ بِدْعَةٍ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ghudayf (may Allah be pleased with him) that Abdul Malik bin Marwan sent a message to me saying, "O Abu Asma! We have united the people upon two things." I asked, "Which two things?" He replied, "Raising the hands on the pulpit on Friday and delivering admonition after the Fajr and Asr prayers." Sayyiduna Ghudayf (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "In my view, these two things are your most exemplary innovations. I do not accept even one of them." Abdul Malik asked the reason, so he replied, "The reason is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whenever a people introduce an innovation, an equal amount of Sunnah is taken away from them. Therefore, holding firmly to the Sunnah is better than introducing an innovation.'"