مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الزهدBook of Asceticism
Statement about Satan's attack and committing innovations
Hadith 927
أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، نا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، يَقُولُ: ((عَجَبًا لِتَرْكِ النَّاسِ هَذَا الْإِهْلَالَ، وَلِتَكْبِيرِهِمْ مَا بِي إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ التَّكْبِيرَةُ حَسَنًا وَلَكِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْتِي الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْإِثْمِ، فَإِذَا عُصِمَ مِنْهُ جَاءَهُ مِنْ نَحْوِ الْبِرِّ لِيَدَعَ سُنَّةً وَلِيَبْتَدِعَ بِدْعَةً)) .
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: It is astonishing that people abandon saying «لا إله إلا الله» and «الله أكبر»; as for me, I only desire that the takbir be performed well. Satan attacks a person from the direction of sin, so when he is protected from that, then he attacks him from the direction of good deeds so that he may abandon the Sunnah and commit innovation.
