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darimi:401Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Ḥassān

[Machine] "No servant increases in knowledge of Allah except that people get closer to the mercy of Allah because of him."  

الدارمي:٤٠١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ حَسَّانَ قَالَ

«مَا ازْدَادَ عَبْدٌ بِاللَّهِ عِلْمًا إِلَّا ازْدَادَ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ قُرْبًا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ»