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ahmad-zuhd:1521ʿAbdullāh > ʿAlī b. Ḥakīm al-Awdī > Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Hishām > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] "One lesson of knowledge that I learn is more beloved to me than the world and everything in it."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٥٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ الْأَوْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ

«لَبَابٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ أَتَعَلَّمُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا»