3. Knowledge

٣۔ كتاب العلم

3.15 Wish to be like the one who has knowledge and Al-Hikmah [wisdom i.e., the knowledge of the Qur'an and the Sunna (legal ways) of the Prophet ﷺ ]

٣۔١٥ باب الاِغْتِبَاطِ فِي الْعِلْمِ وَالْحِكْمَةِ

[Machine] Umar said, "Acquire knowledge before you become old and feeble." Abu Abdullah said, "And even after you become old and feeble, as the companions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ would continue to learn in their old age."

وَقَالَ عُمَرُ تَفَقَّهُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُسَوَّدُوا. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ : وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تُسَوَّدُوا وَقَدْ تَعَلَّمَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي كِبَرِ سِنِّهِمْ

bukhari:73al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Ghayr Mā > al-Zuhrī > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not wish to be like anyone except in two cases. (The first is) A person, whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously; (the second is) the one whom Allah has given wisdom (the Holy Qur'an) and he acts according to it and teaches it to others." (Fath-al-Bari page 177 Vol. 1)  

البخاري:٧٣حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا حَدَّثَنَاهُ الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَيْسَ بْنَ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ حَسَدَ إِلاَّ فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالاً فَسُلِّطَ عَلَى هَلَكَتِهِ فِي الْحَقِّ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْحِكْمَةَ فَهْوَ يَقْضِي بِهَا وَيُعَلِّمُهَا