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[Machine] "Be a scholar, a learner, or a listener, and do not be the fourth, for it will lead to your destruction."  

الدارمي:٢٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا قَبِيصَةُ أَنبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«اغْدُ عَالِمًا أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا أَوْ مُسْتَمِعًا وَلَا تَكُنِ الرَّابِعَ فَتَهْلِكَ»  

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السيوطي:٣٦٥٠a –

"اغْدُ عَالمًا، أو مُتَعلِّمًا، أو مُسْتَمِعًا، أو مُحِبًّا، ولا تكُنْ الخامِسَة فَتَهْلِكْ" .  

[بز] البزّار في سننه [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن أبي بكرة