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darimi:97Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Yūnus b. Yazīd > al-Zuhrī

[Machine] "Those who came before us used to say that holding on firmly to the Sunnah is salvation, and knowledge is quickly taken away. So, the stability of religion and the world lies in sharing knowledge. And in the disappearance of knowledge goes the disappearance of all that."  

الدارمي:٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ عُلَمَائِنَا يَقُولُونَ الِاعْتِصَامُ بِالسُّنَّةِ نَجَاةٌ وَالْعِلْمُ يُقْبَضُ قَبْضًا سَرِيعًا فَنَعْشُ الْعِلْمِ ثَبَاتُ الدِّينِ وَالدُّنْيَا وَفِي ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ ذَهَابُ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ