Imaam
Al-Awzaa’ee رحمه
الله (d.157)
said:
“Make yourself patient upon the Sunnah, stop
where the people stopped, speak with what they spoke with, and refrain from
what they refrained from. And follow the path of your Righteous Predecessors
(Salafus Saaliheen) for verily, sufficient for you is that which was sufficient
for them.”
[Related
in Ash-Sharee’ah, by Al-Aajurree, pg.58]