[Machine] A man named Safwan ibn Assal came from Murad to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in the mosque. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, "What brought you here?" He replied, "Seeking knowledge." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, the angels spread their wings in approval of the seeker of knowledge." The narration mentions, "This is Arim, Abu Nu'man Muhammad ibn Al-Fadl Al-Basri, a knowledgeable and trustworthy person whom Al-Bukhari relied upon in various narrations of this hadith. He narrated it from him in Sahih. However, Sinan ibn Farrowkh contradicted him in this hadith, and he narrated it from As-Sa'q ibn Hazn."  

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُرَادٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَالُ لَهُ صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَسَّالٍ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟» قَالَ ابْتِغَاءُ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ «فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًى بِمَا يَصْنَعُ» وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ «عَارِمٌ هَذَا هُوَ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَافِظٌ ثِقَةٌ اعْتَمَدَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي جُمْلَةٍ مِنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ رَوَاهَا عَنْهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ وَقَدْ خَالَفَهُ سِنَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ الصَّعْقِ بْنِ حَزْنٍ»