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nasai-kubra:5877Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, Allah does not take away knowledge from people after He has given it to them. Rather, He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars. Whenever a scholar dies, a part of knowledge goes with him, until there remains no one who knows. Then people will follow ignorant leaders, who will lead them astray."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَنْزِعُ الْعِلْمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمْ إِيَّاهُ وَلَكِنْ يَذْهَبُ بِالْعُلَمَاءِ كُلَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِعَالِمٍ ذَهَبَ بِمَا مَعَهُ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ حَتَّى يَبْقَى مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ فَيَضِلُّوا وَيُضِلُّوا»  


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ahmad:6896ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah does not take away knowledge from people after He has given it to them, but He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars. So, when no scholar remains, people will take ignorant leaders, who, when asked for fatwa, will give it without knowledge, thus they will go astray and lead others astray."  

أحمد:٦٨٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَنْزِعُ الْعِلْمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمْ إِيَّاهُ وَلَكِنْ يَذْهَبُ بِالْعُلَمَاءِ كُلَّمَا ذَهَبَ عَالِمٌ ذَهَبَ بِمَا مَعَهُ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ حَتَّى يَبْقَى مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ فَيَتَّخِذَ النَّاسُ رُؤَسَاءَ جُهَّالًا فَيُسْتَفْتَوْا فَيُفْتُوا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَيَضِلُّوا وَيُضِلُّوا