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السيوطي:٢٠٧٤٧a –

"مَنِ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُوم اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْر زَادَ مَا زَادَ".  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [هـ] ابن ماجة [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن ابن عباس

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
abudawud:3905 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Musaddad al-Maʿná > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > al-Walīd b. ʿAbdullāh > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone acquires any knowledge of astrology, he acquires a branch of magic of which he gets more as long as he continues to do so.  

أبو داود:٣٩٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُسَدَّدٌ الْمَعْنَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ زَادَ مَا زَادَ  

ibnmajah:3726 – Abū Bakr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > al-Walīd b. ʿAbdullāh > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ibn ʿAbbās

"Whoever learns about the stars, he learns a branch of magic; the more he learns (of the former) the more he learns (of the latter)."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ زَادَ مَا زَادَ  

ahmad:2840 – Rawḥ > Abū Mālik ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > al-Walīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mughīth > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone acquires any knowledge of astrology, he acquires a branch of magic of which he gets more as long as he continues to do so. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3905)   

أحمد:٢٨٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَالِكٍ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنِ الوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُغِيثٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ اقْتَبَسَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ اقْتَبَسَ شُعْبَةً مِنْ سِحْرٍ مَا زَادَ زَادَ وَمَا زَادَ زَادَ  

ahmad:2000 – Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > al-Walīd b. ʿAbdullāh > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "No person acquires knowledge from the stars except that he has acquired a part of magic with it. And whatever he increases, increases."  

أحمد:٢٠٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا اقْتَبَسَ رَجُلٌ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ إِلا اقْتَبَسَ بِهَا شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ مَا زَادَ زَادَ