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ahmad-zuhd:1470ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū Aḥmad > Sufyān > Yūnus > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] If a man is knowledgeable and sits with people, some of them may see him as ignorant, while he does not have any ignorance except a dislike of being famous.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيَكُونُ فَقِيهًا جَالِسًا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ فَيَرَى بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَنَّ بِهِ عِيًّا وَمَا بِهِ مِنْ عِيٍّ إِلَّا كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَشْتَهِرَ