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darimi:346 – Ismāʿīl b. Abān > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > Layth > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] They are both never satisfied, the student of knowledge and the student of worldly affairs.  

الدارمي:٣٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ طَالِبُ عِلْمٍ وَطَالِبُ دُنْيَا  

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tabarani:10388 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn al-Wāsiṭī > Abū Bakr al-Dāhirī > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Zayd b. Wahb > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Two types of people will never be satisfied, the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of worldly desires.  

الطبراني:١٠٣٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الدَّاهِرِيُّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ طَالِبُهُمَا طَالِبُ عَلِمٍ وَطَالِبُ الدُّنْيَا  

ahmad-zuhd:1201 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr > Ibn Idrīs > Layth > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Their passion does not wane, one being a seeker of knowledge and the other seeking worldly desires.  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَنْهُومَانِ لَا تَنْقَضِي نُهْمَتُهُمَا طَالِبُ عِلْمٍ وَطَالِبُ دُنْيَا