ʿAbd Allāh b. Masʿūd, may Allāh be pleased with him, said, “Moderation in the Sunnah is better than striving in innovation.” Reported by al-Ḥākim.

Ṣaḥīḥ Mawqūf: al-Ḥākim (357), Ibn Baṭṭah in al-Ibānah (201), and al-Marwazī in al-Sunnah (p. 30).