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suyuti:4-1718b – ʿAlī
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السيوطي:٤-١٧١٨b –

"عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قال: تَعَلَّمُوا العِلْمَ، فإِذَا عُلِّمْتُمُوهُ فاكظمُوا عَلَيْهِ، ولا تَخْلطُوهُ بِضَحِكٍ ولَا بَاطِلٍ فَتَمُجَّهُ القُلُوبُ".

[عم] زيادات عبد الله بن أحمد فيه، [خط] الخطيب في الجامع

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darimi:602 – Shihāb b. ʿAbbād > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Umay al-Murādī

[Machine] "Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 'Learn knowledge, and when you have learned it, keep it to yourself, and do not mix it with laughter or play, for it will corrupt the hearts.'"

الدارمي:٦٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا شِهَابُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أُمَيٍّ الْمُرَادِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ

عَلِيٌّ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ «تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ فَإِذَا عَلِمْتُمُوهُ فَاكْظِمُوا عليْهِ وَلَا تَشُوبُوهُ بِضَحِكٍ وَلَا بِلَعِبٍ فَتَمُجَّهُ الْقُلُوبُ»