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السيوطي:٢٢٢١٤a –

"مَن طَلَبَ العِلْمَ لِغَيرِ اللهِ، أَوْ أَرَادَ بِهِ غَيرَ الله، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّار".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن خالد بن دريك [عن ابن عمر] (*)

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tirmidhi:2655 – ʿAlī b. Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād al-Hunāʾī > ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak > Ayyūb al-Sikhtiyānī > Khālid b. Durayk > Ibn ʿUmar

that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever learns knowledge for other than (the sake of) Allah, or intends by it other than Allah, then let him take his seat in the Fire."  

الترمذي:٢٦٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْهُنَائِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السِّخْتِيَانِيِّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ دُرَيْكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلْمًا لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَرَادَ بِهِ غَيْرَ اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَيُّوبَ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ
ibnmajah:258 – Zayd b. Akhzam And ʾAbū Badr ʿAbbād b. al-Walīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād al-Hunāʾī > ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak al-Hunāʾī > Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī > Khālid b. Durayk > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet said: "Whoever seeks knowledge for a reason other than the sake of Allah, or intends it for a purpose other than for the sake of Allah, let him take his place in hell."  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ وَأَبُو بَدْرٍ عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْهُنَائِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الْهُنَائِيُّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ دُرَيْكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَرَادَ بِهِ غَيْرَ اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ  

ذِكْرُ إِيجَابِ دُخُولِ النَّارِ لِلْمُتَوَلِّي غَيْرَ مَوَالِيهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:4327 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ṣafwān b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Ḥiṣn > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever allies himself with someone other than his allies, he should take his place in the fire."  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٢٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حِصْنٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَوَلَّى إِلَى غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهِ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»  

nasai-kubra:5879 – Muḥammad b. Maʿmar > Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād al-Hunāʾī > ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak al-Hunāʾī > Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī > Khālid b. al-Durayk > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

The Prophet said: "Whoever seeks knowledge for a reason other than the sake of Allah, or intends it for a purpose other than for the sake of Allah, let him take his place in hell." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 258)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٧٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْهُنَائِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الْهُنَائِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ السَّخْتِيَانِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الدُّرَيْكِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلْمًا لِغَيْرِ اللهِ أَوْ أَرَادَ بِهِ غَيْرَ اللهِ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»