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suyuti:430-347bʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd
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السيوطي:٤٣٠-٣٤٧b

"عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: كُونُوا يَنَابِيعَ الْعِلْمِ، مَصَابِيحَ الْهُدَى، أَحْلاسَ الْبُيُوتِ، سُرُجَ الَّلْيلِ، جُدُدَ الْقُلُوبِ، خُلْقَانَ الثِّيَابِ، تُعْرَفُونَ فِى أَهْلِ السماء وتخفون في أهل الأرض".  

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darimi:262

[Machine] "Be the springs of knowledge, the lamps of guidance, the abodes of houses, the lanterns of the night, the renewers of hearts, the creators of garments. You are known to the people of the heavens and hidden to the people of the earth."  

الدارمي:٢٦٢وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ

«كُونُوا يَنَابِيعَ الْعِلْمِ مَصَابِيحَ الْهُدَى أَحْلَاسَ الْبُيُوتِ سُرُجَ اللَّيْلِ جُدُدَ الْقُلُوبِ خُلْقَانَ الثِّيَابِ تُعْرَفُونَ فِي أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ وَتَخْفَوْنَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ»