Narrated to us Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, narrated to us Hafs ibn Ghiyath and Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Ibn Jurayj, from Sulayman ibn 'Atiq, from Talq ibn Habib, from al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, from 'Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The mutanatti'un (those who go to extremes) are ruined." He said it three times.