The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Two: Condemning bid' ah (innovation) and mubtadlin (innovators)
'anhum) to compile the Qur'an, he responded: How could you do
something that Allah's Messenger never did?!
50) 'Abdullah Ibn AbI Salamah said: 'Sa'd Ibn Malik heard a man
saying: 'I am answering your call 0 Lord of the ways of ascent.
So Sa'd commented: We did not used to say this at the
time of Allah's Messenger."50
51) Abu'l-Bukhturl said: 'A man told 'Abdullah ibnMas'ud that a
group of people used to gather in the magid after sunset, and
one of them says: 'Say AllrihuAkbar this many times, say:
'S ubflrin Allah this many times, say: 'Al-If amdu Ii Allah this many
times. Ibn Mas'ud replied: 'Next time you see them doing this
let me know of their gathering.' So he came to their gathering
and when he heard what they were saying, he stood up -and
he was a hot tempered man - and said: 'I am 'Abdullah Ibn
Mas'ud, by the only One worthy of worship, you have come
up with a bid' ah out of transgression, and you (seem to think)
that you have excelled over MuJ:iammad's (:i) Companions in
knowledge.' 'Amr Ibn 'Utbah replied: 'I seek Allah's
forgiveness.' Ibn Mas'ud said: 'Stick to the pathway (the
Sunnah). If you go right or left you will become grievously
misguided.'51
52) MuJ:iammad Ibn 'Awn said: 'We were visiting with Ibrahim
Al-Nakha'I when a man came saying: 'Abu 'Imran! Pray to
Allah to cure my illness. We noticed that he (Ibrahim) disliked
this request very much, to the point that we could tell this
from his appearance. He then talked about the Sunnah, and
encouraged adherence to it, and gave examples of what pea-
50 Al:imad's Musnad, 1/172.
51 Al-DarimI's Sunan, 1/60/210.
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