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ahmad:10476ʿAmmār b. Muḥammad / Ibn Ukht Sufyān > ʾIbrāhīm > Abū ʿIyāḍ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The likeness of knowledge is like a treasure which is not spent in the path of Allah."  

أحمد:١٠٤٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أُخْتِ سُفْيَانَ عَنْإِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عِيَاضٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ كَمَثَلِ كَنْزٍ لَا يُنْفَقُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ  


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Collected by Dārimī, Suyūṭī
darimi:575Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Shihāb > Ibrāhīm > Abū ʿIyāḍ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "The example of knowledge that is not put into practice is like a treasure that is not spent in the way of Allah."  

الدارمي:٥٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ أَبِي عِيَاضٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَثَلُ عِلْمٍ لَا يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ كَنْزٍ لَا يُنْفَقُ مِنْهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ»