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darimi:418Bishr b. al-Ḥakam > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī

[Machine] "We used to hate writing knowledge until the Sultan imposed it on us, so we hated to prevent anyone from acquiring it."  

الدارمي:٤١٨أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ

«كُنَّا نَكْرَهُ كِتَابَةَ الْعِلْمِ حَتَّى أَكْرَهَنَا عَلَيْهِ السُّلْطَانُ فَكَرِهْنَا أَنْ نَمْنَعَهُ أَحَدًا»