حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي کَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَحْيَا سُنَّةً مِنْ سُنَّتِي قَدْ أُمِيتَتْ بَعْدِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مِنْ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلَ أَجْرِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا مِنْ النَّاسِ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أُجُورِ النَّاسِ شَيْئًا وَمَنْ ابْتَدَعَ بِدْعَةً لَا يَرْضَاهَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ إِثْمِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا مِنْ النَّاسِ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ آثَامِ النَّاسِ شَيْئًا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 210
Kathir bin ‘Abdullâh narrated from his father, that his grandfather said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah p.b.u.h say:‘Whoever revives a Sunnah of mine that dies out after I am gone, he will have a reward equivalent to that of those among the people who act upon it, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest.Whoever introduces an innovation (Bid’ah) with which Allah and His Messenger are not pleased, he will have a (burden o sin equivalent to that of those among the people who act upon it, without that detracting from their sins in the slightest.’” (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020