Here is the scholar of Madeenah: Ibn Abu Dhi’b ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ who was narrating a Hadeeth of the Prophet ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ when a person asked him: Do you follow this Hadeeth? So Ibn Abu Dhi’b hit him in his chest and scolded him saying: “I narrate to you from the Prophet ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ and you say: ‘do you follow this?!’ Yes, I follow it and it is Fardh (binding) upon everyone who hears it (to follow the Sunnah).Verily! Among the people, Allaah ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ chose Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ and guided them through him and by him. So upon the creation is to follow him, willingly or unwillingly. There is no escape for the Muslim from that.” [Siyar A`laam al- Nubalaa’ (6/563)]
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