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ahmad-zuhd:1955ʿAbdullāh > Man > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Ḥārithī

[Machine] Al-Rabee' ibn Khuthaym said, "Acquire knowledge and then seclude yourself (for contemplation)."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النَّضْرِ الْحَارِثِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ «تَفَقَّهْ ثُمَّ اعْتَزِلْ»  


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Collected by Aḥmad's Zuhd
ahmad-zuhd:436ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Ḥārithī

[Machine] Rabi' ibn Khuthaym said, "Acquire knowledge, then seclude yourself."  

الزهد لأحمد:٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ النَّضْرِ الْحَارِثِيَّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَبِيعُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ «تَفَقَّهْ ثُمَّ اعْتَزِلْ»