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suyuti:21120a
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السيوطي:٢١١٢٠a

"مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلمًا مِنَ النُّجُوم تَعَلَّمَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ، مَنْ زَادَ زَادَ، مَنْ زَادَ زَادَ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير وأَبو الشيخ في العظمة عن ابن عباس

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ahmad:2840Rawḥ > 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:٢٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا 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  

tabarani:11278al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > al-Ḥārith b. ʿUbayd al-Īādy > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Akhnas > al-Walīd b. ʿAbdullāh > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever learns knowledge from the stars, has learned a branch of magic. Whoever adds more, adds more."  

الطبراني:١١٢٧٨حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْإِياديُّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلْمًا مِنَ النُّجُومِ تَعَلَّمَ شُعْبَةً مِنَ السِّحْرِ مَنْ زَادَ زَادَ مَنْ زَادَ زَادَ»