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suyuti:15344a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٥٣٤٤a –

"طَالِبُ الْعِلم تبْسُط لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَطْلُبُ"؟ .

[خط] الخطيب في (8) [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عن أَنس، وفي سنده ضَعْفٌ

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Collected by Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
ahmad:18098 – Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Verily, the angels lower their wings out of pleasure for the seeker of knowledge for what he seeks.'"

أحمد:١٨٠٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا طَلَبَ

suyuti:6646a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٦٦٤٦a –

"إِنَّ طالبَ الْعِلمِ تَبْسُطُ له الملائكةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا وَتَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ".

[بز] البزّار في سننه عن عائشة

suyuti:5926a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٥٩٢٦a –

"إِنَّ الْمَلائِكَةَ لتضَعُ أَجْنِحتَها لِطَالِب الْعِلْم رضًا بمَا يَطْلُب ".

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد عن صفوان بن عَسَّال