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السيوطي:١٢٧٨٤a

"تَعَلَّمُوا العِلمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ؛ فَإنَّ أحَدَكُمْ لَا يَدْرى مَتَى يُفْتَقَرُ إِلَى مَا عِنْدَهُ، وَعَلَيكمْ بالعِلمِ، وَإيَّاكُمْ والتَّنَطُّعَ، والتَّبَدُّعَ، والتَّعَمُّقَ، وَعَلَيكُمْ بِالعَتِيقِ".  

الديلمى عن أَبى هريرة

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tabarani:8845al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Ibn Masʿūd > ʿAlaykum Bi-al-ʿIlm Qabl

[Machine] "To withdraw is to take away what someone possesses, and it is upon you to seek knowledge, for indeed one of you does not know when he may become poor and in need of what he has. And it is upon you to seek knowledge, and beware of pretension and superficiality, and it is upon you to adhere to the ancient wisdom, for indeed a people will come who recite the Book of Allah, but they will throw it behind their backs."  

الطبراني:٨٨٤٥حَدَّثَنَا الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ «§عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ قَبْلَ

أَنْ يُقْبَضَ وَقَبْضُهُ ذَهَابُ أَهْلِهِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُفْتَقَرُ إِلَى مَا عِنْدَهُ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّنَطُّعَ وَالتَّعَمُّقَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعَتِيقِ فَإِنَّهُ سَيَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللهِ يَنْبُذُونَهُ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ»