Al-Amali Al-Sheikh Al-Toosi, Ibn Mukhladin, from Mohammed Ibn Abd ul Wahid Al-Nahawi, from Musa Ibn Suhail Al-Washai, from Ismail Ibn Uliya from Younis Ibn Ubbaid from Al-Hassan who said: Rasool Allah -saww said, ‘Little worship following a correct [Prophetic] Sunnah is better than a lot of worship following an innovation.’ [22] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الْأَعْمَالِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَا عُمِلَ بِالسُّنَّةِ وَ إِنْ قَلَّ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ubeyd, from Yunus, raising it, said, ‘Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘The most superior of the deeds in the Presence of Allah -azwj is what is performed by (following) the Sunnah, and even though it may be little’.
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Abu Ismail Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Azdy, from Abu Usman Al Abady, from; (Imam) Ja’far -asws , from his -asws forefathers -asws , from Amir Al-Momineen -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘There is no word except with the deed, and there is neither a word nor a deed except with an intention, and there is neither a word nor a deed nor an intention except with attaining the Sunnah’.
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, from; Abu Ja’far -asws said: Everyone has inclination towards desires and reluctance towards good deeds. So, a person would be successful if he performs deeds, even at reduced level, but in accordance with the Sunnah. However, he would go astray if he strives in the direction of innovations.