Sunan Ibn Majah
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Chapter 1 · The Book of the Sunnahحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُجَالِدًا، يَذْكُرُ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَخَطَّ خَطًّا، وَخَطَّ خَطَّيْنِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَخَطَّ خَطَّيْنِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِي الْخَطِّ الْأَوْسَطِ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا سَبِيلُ اللَّهِ ، ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ [سورة الأنعام آية 153].
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
We were with the Prophet (ﷺ), and he drew a line (in the sand), then he drew two lines to its right and two to its left. Then he put his hand on the middle line and said : 'This is the path of Allah. Then he recited the Verse: And verily, this (i.e. Allah's Commandments) is My straight path, so follow it and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you from His path...