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ahmad-zuhd:539ʿAbdullāh > Bī > Hārūn b. Maʿrūf > Ḍamrah > al-Suddī b. Yaḥyá

[Machine] Luqman said to his son, "O my son, surely wisdom has made the poor sit in the assemblies of the kings."  

الزهد لأحمد:٥٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أبِي أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ضَمْرَةُ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى قَالَ

قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لِابْنِهِ أَيْ بُنَيَّ إِنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ أَجْلَسَتِ الْمَسَاكِينَ مَجَالِسَ الْمُلُوكِ