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[Machine] "He used to say to his sons, 'Record knowledge in writing.' It was narrated by some of the people of Basra from the Ansari, and it was also narrated by a respected elder from the people of Mecca who heard it from Ibn Jurayj."  

الحاكم:٣٦١فَحَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ التَّاجِرُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لِبَنِيهِ «قَيِّدُوا الْعِلْمَ بِالْكِتَابِ» «أَسْنَدَهُ بَعْضُ الْبَصْرِيِّينَ عَنِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ وَكَذَلِكَ أَسْنَدَهُ شَيْخُ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ غَيْرَ مُعْتَمَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ»