Sahih Muslim — Hadith 12
Sahih
Sahih Muslim : 12
Muhammad bin ul-Muthannā narrated to us:
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ، يَقُولُ: «لَا يَكُونُ الرَّجُلُ إِمَامًا يُقْتَدَى بِهِ حَتَّى يُمْسِكَ عَنْ بَعْضِ مَا سَمِعَ»
He said I heard Abd ar-Rahman bin Mahdī saying: "A man cannot be an Imām whose example is followed until he with holds from some of what he hears".