Abu ‘Ubaydah reported: Mutarrif ibn Abdullah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “The best of matters is the middle course, for a good deed is between two evil deeds.”
Source: Tārīkh Dimashq 62970
عن أبي عُبَيْد قَالَ قَالَ مُطَرِّف بْن عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رحمه الله خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ أَوْسَاطُهَا وَالْحَسَنَةُ بَيْنَ السَّيِّئَتَيْنِ
62970 تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر
