1307 - Abu 'Abd Allah narrated to us, saying: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, saying: al-A'mash narrated to us, from Sulayman ibn Maysarah, from Tariq ibn Shihab, who said: It was said to Hudhayfah: 'Did the Children of Israel abandon their religion in a single day?' He replied: 'No, but when they were commanded to do something, they would abandon it, and when they were forbidden from something, they would commit it, until they stripped themselves of their religion just as a man strips himself of his shirt.'
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