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darimi:528Ismāʿīl b. Abān > Masʿūd > Yūnus b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Farwah > Shuraḥbīl Abū Saʿd > Daʿā al-Ḥasan Banīh And Banī Akhīh > Yā Banī Wabanī Akhī Innakum Ṣighār Qawm Yūshik

[Machine] "O my sons and the sons of my brother, you are young people of a nation who are about to become elders like others, so seek knowledge. Whoever among you is unable to learn or teach it, let him write it and place it in his home."  

الدارمي:٥٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مَسْعُودٌ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ أَبِي سَعْدٍ قَالَ دَعَا الْحَسَنُ بَنِيهِ وَبَنِي أَخِيهِ فَقَالَ

يَا بَنِيَّ وَبَنِي أَخِي إِنَّكُمْ صِغَارُ قَوْمٍ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا كِبَارَ آخَرِينَ فَتَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَرْوِيَهُ أَوْ قَالَ يَحْفَظَهُ فَلْيَكْتُبْهُ وَلْيَضَعْهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ  


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suyuti:265-13bal-Ḥasn b. ʿAli > Libanīh And Baniá Akhīh Innakum Ṣighār Qawm Yūshk
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السيوطي:٢٦٥-١٣b

"عَنِ الْحَسن بنِ عَلِىٍّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ وَبَنِى أَخِيهِ: إِنَّكُم صِغَارُ قَوْمٍ يُوشكُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا كِبَارَ آخَرِينَ، فَتَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتطِع مِنْكُمْ أَن يَرْوِيَه، أَوْ يَحْفَظَهُ فَلْيَكْتُبْهُ وَلْيَضَعْه فِى بَيْتِه".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن في المدخل، [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه