أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، قَالَ :" إِنَّ الْعَالِمَ يَدْخُلُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَبَيْنَ عِبَادِهِ، فَلْيَطْلُبْ لِنَفْسِهِ الْمَخْرَجَ "

Ahmad ibn al-Hajjaj told us, saying: I heard Sufyan, on the authority of Ibn al-Munkadir, who said: “The scholar enters into what is between God and His servants. Let him seek a way out for himself.”