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bayhaqi:12197 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār

[AI] This is how knowledge fades away. Today, much knowledge has been buried.

البيهقي:١٢١٩٧ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ قَالَ لَمَّا مَاتَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَعَدْنَا إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي ظِلِّ قَصْرٍ فَقَالَ

هَكَذَا ذَهَابُ الْعِلْمِ لَقَدْ دُفِنَ الْيَوْمَ عِلْمٌ كَثِيرٌ

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hakim:5810 – ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz And ʾAbū Muslim > Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār

[AI] "Such is the disappearance of knowledge. Today, much knowledge has been buried."

الحاكم:٥٨١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذَ الْعَدْلُ أَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَأَبُو مُسْلِمٍ أَنَّ حَجَّاجَ بْنَ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ قَالَ لَمَّا مَاتَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ جَلَسْنَا مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي ظِلِّ قَصْرٍ فَقَالَ

«هَكَذَا ذَهَابُ الْعِلْمِ لَقَدْ دُفِنَ الْيَوْمَ عَلْمٌ كَثِيرٌ»

tabarani:4749 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār

[AI] Today, many knowledge has been buried.

الطبراني:٤٧٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ قَالَ جَلَسْنَا مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي جَنَازَةِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ فَقَالَ

«لَقَدْ دُفِنَ الْيَوْمَ عَلْمٌ كَثِيرٌ»

bayhaqi:6734 – Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān > ʿAbdullāh > Maʿmar > ʿAlī b. Zayd > Ibn ʿAbbās Lammā Dafan Zayd b. Thābit Ḥathā ʿAlayh al-Turāb Thum > Hakadhā Yudfan al-ʿIlm Faḥaddatht Bih ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn

[AI] And by Allah, Ibn Abbas was buried with much knowledge.

البيهقي:٦٧٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لَمَّا دَفَنَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ حَثَا عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا يُدْفَنُ الْعِلْمُ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ فَقَالَ

وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ دُفِنَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ كَثِيرٌ