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darimi:249Muḥammad b. al-Ṣalt > Abū Kudaynah > Qābūs from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās > Hal Tadrūn Mā Dhahāb al-ʿIlm Qulnā Lā

[Machine] "Do you know where knowledge has gone?" We said, "No." He said, "The departure of the scholars."  

الدارمي:٢٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُدَيْنَةَ عَنْ قَابُوسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا ذَهَابُ الْعِلْمِ؟» قُلْنَا لَا قَالَ «ذَهَابُ الْعُلَمَاءِ»