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darimi:514 – Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Sufyān from his uncle ʿAmr b. Abū Sufyān > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Riḍwān Allāh ʿAlayh

[Machine] "He heard Umar ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, saying, 'Restrain knowledge with the book.'"  

الدارمي:٥١٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يَقُولُ «قَيِّدُوا الْعِلْمَ بِالْكِتَابِ»  

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tabarani:700 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Shuʿayb al-Simsār > Khālid b. Khidāsh > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Muthanná al-Anṣārī > ʿAmmī Thumāmah > Lanā

[Machine] We have Anas, who said: "Restrict knowledge with the book."  

الطبراني:٧٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ السِّمْسَارُ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي ثُمَامَةُ قَالَ قَالَ

لَنَا أَنَسٌ ؓ «قَيِّدُوا الْعِلْمَ بِالْكِتَابِ»