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darimi:369 – ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Ḥammād > Ibn Salamah > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Ghadawt > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Urīd > Asʾalah > al-Masḥ > al-Khuffayn > Mā Jāʾ Bik Qult Ābtighāʾ al-ʿIlm > Alā Ubashhiruk Qult Balá

[Machine] "What brought you here?" I said, "The pursuit of knowledge." He said, "Should I not give you glad tidings?" I said, "Yes." So he raised the conversation to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and said, "Indeed, the angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased with what he seeks."  

الدارمي:٣٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ فَقَالَ

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ ابْتِغَاءُ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ أَلَا أُبَشِّرُكَ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى فَقَالَ رَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا يَطْلُبُ»  

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ahmad:18089 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Ghadawt > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī Asʾaluh > al-Masḥ > al-Khuffayn > Mā Jāʾ Bik > Ābtighāʾ al-ʿIlm

[Machine] "What has brought you here?" I said, "Seeking knowledge." He said, "Shall I not give you good news?" And he narrated the hadith to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying, "Verily, the angels lower their wings in satisfaction for the seeker of knowledge, for what he seeks." And he mentioned the hadith.  

أحمد:١٨٠٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ فَقَالَ

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ أَلَا أُبَشِّرُكَ؟ وَرَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا يَطْلُبُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

ahmad:18098 – Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Verily, the angels lower their wings out of pleasure for the seeker of knowledge for what he seeks.'"  

أحمد:١٨٠٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا طَلَبَ