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darimi:364ʿAbdullāh b. ʿImrān > Yaḥyá b. Yamān > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > al-Zuhrī

[Machine] "The superiority of a knowledgeable person over a diligent person is one hundred degrees, which is equivalent to five hundred years of the presence of an illuminated Persian stallion."  

الدارمي:٣٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَمَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ

«فَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى الْمُجْتَهِدِ مِائَةُ دَرَجَةٍ مَا بَيْنَ الدَّرَجَتَيْنِ خَمْسُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ حُضْرُ الْفَرَسِ الْمُضَمَّرِ السَّرِيعِ»