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[Machine] "When their scholars perish"  

الدارمي:٢٤٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا هِلَالٌ هُوَ ابْنُ خَبَّابٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا عَلَامَةُ هَلَاكِ النَّاسِ؟ قَالَ

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