"Then We sent following their footsteps [i.e., traditions] Our messengers and followed [them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they inno- vated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of God. But they did not ob- serve it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient."— Sahih Intl