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suyuti:22342a –
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السيوطي:٢٢٣٤٢a –

"مَنْ غَدَا يَطلبُ عِلمًا كَانَ فِي سَبيلِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَرْجعَ، وَإِنَّ المَلائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِب العِلم".

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن صفوان بن عسال

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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