[Machine] It saddens me that I used to ask you every day, but you would stay away from me. Mu'adh said, "Knowledge and faith are like two smiling faces; go and seek them." Yazid asked, "Where can I find them?" Mu'adh said, "With four people; with Uwaimir, father of Dardaa, Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Salman the Persian, and Abdullah bin Salam. It is said that they are the ten companions of Paradise." Yazid said, "I also heard that they could be found with Umar ibn al-Khattab." Mu'adh said, "Do not ask him about anything, for he is busy with other matters." Al-Zuhri narrated part of this hadith from Abu Idris.
يُبْكِينِي مَا كُنْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَنْقَطِعُ عَنِّي فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ «إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ وَالْإِيمَانَ بَشَّاشَانِ قُمْ فَالْتَمِسْهُمَا» قَالَ يَزِيدُ وَعِنْدَ مَنْ أَلْتَمِسُهُمَا؟ فَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ عِنْدَ أَرْبَعَةِ نَفَرٍ عِنْدَ عُوَيْمِرٍ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَعِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَعِنْدَ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ وَعِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهُ عَاشِرُ عَشَرَةٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ فَقُلْتُ وَعِنْدَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ «لَا تَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَإِنَّهُ عَنْكَ مَشْغُولٌ» وَقَدْ رَوَى الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ طَرَفًا مِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ