The Imam of the Azhar Mosque, Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari (d. 1979), may Allah be pleased with him and please him, wrote:
“Among the favours of Allah – most high- upon me is that I was once sitting in the Noble Rawda between the Maghrib and Isha prayers, my eyes closed, invoking blessings upon the Prophet, ﷺ. I heard his voice – ﷺ – from the Noble Rawda:
((عظ الناس من غير تفريط ولا إفراط))
“Preach to the people, without excess or negligence.”
At that moment I understood the statement of the Abbasid Caliph Abu Ja’far al-Mansur to Imam Malik- may Allah be pleased with him- :
“Compose a book of hadith and make it muwatta’ (accessible) for the people.”
It means: Do not make matters too difficult nor too lax, for the best of matters is the middle path.
(originally from beneficialilm.com)
