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tabarani:17319Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá al-Dimashqī > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿAmr b. Wāqid > Yazīd b. Abū Mālik > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ghanm > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] "From the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , he said: 'Whoever seeks knowledge to show off to the scholars and to argue with the ignorant in gatherings, will not scent the fragrance of Paradise.'"  

الطبراني:١٧٣١٩حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ وَاقِدٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَالِكٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ لِيُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَيُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ فِي الْمَجَالِسِ لَمْ يَرَحْ رَائِحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ»  


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ibnmajah:253Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Ḥammād b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Karib al-Azdī > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever seeks knowledge in order to argue with the foolish, or to show off before the scholars, or to attract people's attention, will be in Hell."  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٣حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَرِبٍ الأَزْدِيُّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ لِيُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ أَوْ لِيُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ أَوْ لِيَصْرِفَ وُجُوهَ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ  

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السيوطي:٢٢٢٠٤a

"مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ لِيُبَاهِي بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ، أَوْ يُمَارِي بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ فِي الْمَجَالِسِ، لَمْ يَرَحْ رَائِحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ".  

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