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ahmad:18098 – Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Verily, the angels lower their wings out of pleasure for the seeker of knowledge for what he seeks.'"

أحمد:١٨٠٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا طَلَبَ

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darimi:369 – ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Ḥammād > Ibn Salamah > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Ghadawt > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Urīd > Asʾalah > al-Masḥ > al-Khuffayn > Mā Jāʾ Bik Qult Ābtighāʾ al-ʿIlm > Alā Ubashhiruk Qult Balá

[Machine] "What brought you here?" I said, "The pursuit of knowledge." He said, "Should I not give you glad tidings?" I said, "Yes." So he raised the conversation to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and said, "Indeed, the angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased with what he seeks."

الدارمي:٣٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ فَقَالَ

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ ابْتِغَاءُ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ أَلَا أُبَشِّرُكَ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى فَقَالَ رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا يَطْلُبُ»

suyuti:15344a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٥٣٤٤a –

"طَالِبُ الْعِلم تبْسُط لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَطْلُبُ"؟ .

[خط] الخطيب في (8) [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عن أَنس، وفي سنده ضَعْفٌ

suyuti:22342a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٢٢٣٤٢a –

"مَنْ غَدَا يَطلبُ عِلمًا كَانَ فِي سَبيلِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَرْجعَ، وَإِنَّ المَلائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِب العِلم".

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن صفوان بن عسال