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السيوطي:١١٤٠٨a

"الْعِلْم أَفْضَل مِنَ الْعبَادَةِ، وَمِلاكُ الدِّين الوَرعَ ".  

الخطيب عن ابن عباس

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tabarani:10969[Chain 1] Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū Ṣāliḥ ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muʿallá b. Mahdī al-Mawṣilī > Sawwār b. Muṣʿab > Layth > Ṭāwus ؓ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The superiority of knowledge is greater than worship, and the angels of religion are piety."  

الطبراني:١٠٩٦٩حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ قَالَا ثنا سَوَّارُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَضْلُ الْعِلْمِ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ وَمِلَاكُ الدِّينِ الْوَرَعُ»