Hadith #408
Arabic Text
وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ هَذَا قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ بِسُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِأَمْرٍ فَأْتُوهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ
English Translation
With the same chain, he said: "I heard Abu al-Qasim (ﷺ) say: 'Leave me as long as I have left you, for those who came before you were destroyed because of their excessive questioning and their disagreeing with their prophets. When I command you with something, do it as much as you are able, and when I forbid you from something, avoid it.'"
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 21, Hadith 408
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9646
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-46036