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darimi:646 – Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Abū ʿUmays > al-Qāsim

[Machine] "Abdullah, the flaw of speech is forgetfulness."

الدارمي:٦٤٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو عُمَيْسٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «آفَةُ الْحَدِيثِ النِّسْيَانُ»

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darimi:647 – Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Ṭāriq > Ḥakīm b. Jābir

[Machine] Abdullah said, "Indeed, everything has a harm, and the harm of knowledge is forgetfulness."

الدارمي:٦٤٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ طَارِقٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ آفَةً وَآفَةُ الْعِلْمِ النِّسْيَانُ»