[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "There are books that I do not like anyone to read. Will you be able to learn them and improve your character?" I said, "No." He said, "Then learn them." So I learned them in seventeen days, the wording of the hadith from Ibn al-Fadl.
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَأْتِينِي كُتُبٌ لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهَا أَحَدٌ فَتُحْسِنُ السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَتَعَلَّمْهَا فَتَعَلَّمْتُهَا فِي سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ الْفَضْلِ