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ahmad-zuhd:780ʿAbdullāh from my father > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > al-Ḥuṣayn > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Abū al-Dardāʾ

[Machine] Why do I see your scholars leaving and your ignorant ones not learning? Learn knowledge before it is lifted, for the lifting of knowledge is the departure of scholars. Why do I see you eager for what you are guaranteed, and you waste what you have been entrusted with? Because I know the worst of you who pretend to be barbers in horses; they are the ones who only come to prayer late and do not hear the Quran except with neglect.  

الزهد لأحمد:٧٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْحُصَيْنُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ

مَالِي أَرَى عُلَمَاءَكُمْ يَذْهَبُونَ وَأَرَى جُهَّالَكُمْ لَا يَتَعَلَّمُونَ؟ تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ فَإِنَّ رَفْعَ الْعِلْمِ ذَهَابُ الْعُلَمَاءِ مَالِي أَرَاكُمْ تَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى مَاقَدْ تُكُفِّلَ لَكُمْ بِهِ وتُضَيِّعُونَ مَاوُكِّلْتُمْ بِهِ؟ لَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِشِرَارِكُمْ مِنَ الْبَيْطَارِ بِالْخَيْلِ؛ هُمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَأْتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَّا دَبْرًا وَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ الْقُرْآنَ إِلَّا هُجْرًا