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[Machine] "Abdullah bin Mas'ud said, 'Tomorrow, be either a scholar or a student, for there is no good in anything else.'"  

الدارمي:٣٤٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامٌ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْهَزْهَازِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «اغْدُ عَالِمًا أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيمَا سِوَاهُمَا»