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darimi:382Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād > Baqiyyah > al-Aḥwaṣ b. Ḥakīm from his father

[Machine] A man asked the Prophet ﷺ about evil, and he replied "Do not ask me about evil, but ask me about goodness" and he repeated this three times. Then he said, "Indeed, the worst of evil is the evil of scholars, and the best of goodness is the goodness of scholars."  

الدارمي:٣٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ عَنِ الْأَحْوَصِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الشَّرِّ فَقَالَ «لَا تَسْأَلُونِي عَنِ الشَّرِّ وَاسْأَلُونِي عَنِ الْخَيْرِ يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا إِنَّ شَرَّ الشَّرِّ شِرَارُ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْخَيْرِ خِيَارُ الْعُلَمَاءِ»