Mujahid says: I and Yahya bin Ja'dah went to an Ansari companion. He said: Once it happened that the companions mentioned a slave woman of Banu Abdul Muttalib to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in such a way that she stands in prayer at night and fasts during the day. Upon hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: But I sleep and I pray, and I fast and I leave it off. So whoever follows me is from me, and whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not from me. Every action has eagerness, intensity, and excess, but then there is calmness and moderation as well. So whoever’s calmness leads him towards innovation will go astray, and whoever’s steadiness leads him towards the Sunnah will attain guidance.