بسم الله ، والحمد لله ، والصلاة والسلام على المصطفى
In the introduction to his well-known work of tafsir, sheikh Muhammad al-Qurtubi mentioned the following point:
وشرطي في هذا الكتاب: إضافة الأقوال الى قائليها، والأحاديث الى مصنفيها، فإنه يقال: من بركة العلم أن يضاف القول الى قائله . ـ
“A condition of mine in this book is attribution of statements to those who said them and attribution of ahaadeeth to the authors who compiled them into collections. For it is said, ‘A cause of blessing in one’s knowledge is that you attribute a statement to its author.'”
[Jaami’ li-Ahkam al-Qur’an 1/25]
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