أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو السَّيْبَانِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ ، قَالَ :" بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ أَوَّلَ ذَهَابِ الدِّينِ تَرْكُ السُّنَّةُ، يَذْهَبُ الدِّينُ سُنَّةً سُنَّةً، كَمَا يَذْهَبُ الْحَبْلُ قُوَّةً قُوَّةً "

Abu Al-Mughirah told us, Al-Awza’i told us, on the authority of Yahya bin Abi Amr Al-Sibani, on the authority of Abdullah bin Al-Dailami, he said: “ “I have learned that the first thing to go away from religion is abandonment of the Sunnah. Religion goes away year by year, just as a rope goes away, strength by strength.”