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ahmad-zuhd:727 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Muʿāwiyah > Abū al-Zāhiriyyah > Jubayr b. Nufayr > Abū al-Dardāʾ

[AI] The scholar and the learner are equal in reward, and there is no good in what is other than them.

الزهد لأحمد:٧٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ أَبِي الزَّاهِرِيَّةِ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ

الْعَالِمُ وَالْمُتَعَلِّمُ فِي الْأَجْرِ سَوَاءٌ وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيمَا سِوَاهُمَا

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darimi:252 – Aḥmad b. Asad Abū ʿĀṣim > ʿAbthar > Burd > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Abū al-Dardāʾ

[AI] "People are knowledgeable and educated, and there is no good in anything after that."

الدارمي:٢٥٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ عَنْ بُرْدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ

«النَّاسُ عَالِمٌ وَمُتَعَلِّمٌ وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيمَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ»

tabarani:10461 – Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim al-Baghawī > Sulaymān b. Dāwud al-Shādhakūnī > al-Rabīʿ b. Badr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil

[AI] Narrated Abdullah, he said: "The people are two types; a knowledgeable person and a learner, and there is no good in anyone other than them."

الطبراني:١٠٤٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَغَوِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الشَّاذَكُونِيُّ ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ بَدْرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «النَّاسُ رَجُلَانِ؛ عَالِمٌ وَمُتَعَلِّمٌ وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيمَا سِوَاهُمَا»

suyuti:12019a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٢٠١٩أ –

"النَّاسُ رَجُلانِ: عَالِمٌ وَمُتَعَلِّمٌ، وَلَا خَيرَ فِيمَا سِوَاهُمَا".

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية عن ابن مسعود

suyuti:12023a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٢٠٢٣أ –

"النَّاسُ رَجُلانِ: عَالِمٌ ومُتَعَلِّم هُمَا فِي الأَجْرِ سَوَاءٌ، وَلَا خَيرَ فِيمَا بَينَهُمَا مِنَ النَّاسِ".

[طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط عن ابن مسعود