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tabarani:17040 – Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá al-Dimashqī > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Ṣadaqah b. Khālid > ʿUtbah b. Abū Ḥakīm ʿAmman > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "O people! Indeed, knowledge is only acquired through learning, and understanding is gained through studying. Whoever Allah wishes good for, He grants them understanding in religion. The truly fearful of Allah among His servants are the scholars."  

الطبراني:١٧٠٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ بِالتَّعَلُّمِ وَالْفِقْهُ بِالتَّفَقُّهِ وَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ وَإِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ»  

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ahmad:16860 – Ibn Numayr And Yaʿlá > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm Waʾabū Badr > ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > Muḥammad b. Kaʿb al-Quraẓī > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say about these occasions, "O Allah, there is no preventer for what You have given, and no giver for what You have prevented. Whomsoever Allah intends good for, He grants him understanding of the religion."  

أحمد:١٦٨٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَيَعْلَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ وَأَبُو بَدْرٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ يَعْلَى فِي حَدِيثِهِ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْأَعْوَادِ اللهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ مَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُّ فِي الدِّينِ  

suyuti:9555a –

"O People, ˹know that˺ knowledge is ˹gained˺ through teaching, and wisdom/understanding is ˹gained˺ through legal practice. When Allah wills good for someone he gives him wisdom/understanding of the Religion. And 'only those fear Allah, from among His servants, who have knowledge' (Fāṭir 35:28)."  

Ṭabarānī
السيوطي:٩٥٥٥a –

"أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا العِلْمُ بالتَّعَلُّم، والفِقْهُ بالتَّفَقُّهِ، وَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللهُ بهِ خِيرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّين، وَإنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ العُلَمَاءُ".

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السيوطي:٥٧٤-٣٥b –

"عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيةَ بنِ أَبِى سُفْيَان أَنَّهُ قَالَ وهُوَ يخْطبُ عَلَى الْمِنبر: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ يَقُولُ: يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنما العلْمُ بِالتَّعَلُّمِ، وَالفِقْهُ بالتَّفَقُهِ وَمَنْ يُرِدِ الله بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقَّهْهُ فِى الدِّينِ وَإنَّمَا يَخشَى الله من عِبَادِه العُلَمَاءُ، وَلنْ تَزَالَ أُمَّةٌ مِنْ أُمَّتى عَلى الحقِّ ظَاهِرِينَ عَلَى النَّاسِ لَا يُبَالُون مَنْ خَالَفَهُم، وَلَا مَنَ نَاوَأَهُمْ حَتَّى يَأتِى أَمر الله وَهُم ظَاهِرُونَ".  

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