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السيوطي:١٩٢٩٢a –

"مَا منْ خَارِجٍ خَرَجَ منْ بَيته في طلبِ العلم، إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لهُ المَلائكةُ أجْنحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَصْنَعُ حَتَّى يَرْجعَ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [حم] أحمد [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن صفوان بن عسال

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ibn Ḥibbān
ibnmajah:226 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Atayt Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Mā Jāʾ Bik > Unbiṭ al-ʿIlm > Faʾinnī

"I went to Safwan bin 'Assal Al-Muradi and he said: 'What brought you here?' I said: 'I am seeking knowledge.' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say: "There is no one who goes out of his house in order to seek knowledge, but the angels lower their wings in approval of his action.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ فَقَالَ

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ قُلْتُ أُنْبِطُ الْعِلْمَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ إِلاَّ وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَصْنَعُ  

ذِكْرُ بَسْطِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَلَبَةِ الْعِلْمِ، رِضًا بِصَنِيعِهِمْ ذَلِكَ

ibnhibban:85 – Ibn Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá And Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Atayt Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī > Mā Jāʾ Bik > Jiʾt Anbiṭ al-ʿIlm > Faʾinnī > Rasūl

I went to Safwän bin 'Asal al-Murädi and he said: What brought you here?I said: I am seeking knowledge. He said: I heard the

Messenger of Allah say, “There is no one who goes out o f his house in order to seek knowledge except that the angels lower their wings in approval of his action.”  

ابن حبّان:٨٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ قَالَ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قَالَ جِئْتُ أَنْبِطُ الْعِلْمَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ يَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَصْنَعُ»