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darimi:351Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Hārūn b. Rʾāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] "He used to say, 'Seek knowledge, whether you are a scholar or a student. Do not seek knowledge in between these two, for that is ignorance. Indeed, the angels spread their wings for the person seeking knowledge out of contentment with what they do.'"  

الدارمي:٣٥١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ رئَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اغْدُ عَالِمًا أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا وَلَا تَغْدُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ مَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ جَاهِلٌ وَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَبْسُطُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِلرَّجُلِ غَدَا يَبْتَغِي الْعِلْمَ مِنَ الرِّضَا بِمَا يَصْنَعُ»