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ahmad-zuhd:2150ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū al-Jahm ʿAbd al-Quddūs b. Bakr > Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Ḥārithī

[Machine] It is said, "The first step of knowledge is to listen to it, then to hear it, then to preserve it, then to act upon it, and then to spread it."  

الزهد لأحمد:٢١٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْجَهْمِ عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النَّضْرِ الْحَارِثِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ

يُقَالُ «أَوَّلُ الْعِلْمِ الْإِنْصَاتُ لَهُ ثُمَّ الِاسْتِمَاعُ لَهُ ثُمَّ حِفْظُهُ ثُمَّ الْعَمَلُ بِهِ ثُمَّ بَثُّهُ»