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ahmad:1992 – Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ibn ʿAbbās > Sufyān Lā Aʿlamuh Ilā

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , "Or a trace of knowledge." (Surah Al-Ahqaf, 4) Al-Khattu said,  

أحمد:١٩٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلا

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ {أَوْ أَثَرَةٍ مِنْ عِلْمٍ} [الأحقاف 4] قَالَ الْخَطُّ  

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tabarani:10725 – Aḥmad b. Rishdīn > Rawḥ b. Ṣalāḥ > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > Abū Salamah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about calligraphy, and he said, "It is the beauty of knowledge."  

الطبراني:١٠٧٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ صَلَاحٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْخَطِّ فَقَالَ «هُوَ أَثَارَةٌ مِنْ عِلْمٍ»