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ibnmajah:3843ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir

the Messenger of Allah said: "Ask Allah for beneficial knowledge and seek refuge with Allah from knowledge that is of no benefit."  

ابن ماجة:٣٨٤٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَلُوا اللَّهَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ: أَنْ يَسْأَلَ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْعِلْمَ النَّافِعَ رَزَقَنَا اللَّهُ إِيَّاهُ وَكُلَّ مُسْلِمٍ

ibnhibban:82al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Usāmah b. Zayd > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge and seek refuge in You from knowledge that is of no benefit."  

ابن حبّان:٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ»  

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السيوطي:١٤٨٢٣a

"سَلُوا اللهَ عِلمًا نَافِعًا, وَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللهِ مِنْ عِلْم لَا يَنْفَعُ"  

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