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tabarani:18425 – ʿAmr b. Abū al-Ṭāhir b. al-Sarḥ al-Miṣrī > Hāniʾ b. al-Mutawakkil al-Iskandarānī > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > Makḥūl > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every building and ruin is a burden on its owner, except for this (referring to his palm) and every knowledge is a burden on its owner on the Day of Judgment, except for those who act upon it."

الطبراني:١٨٤٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا هَانِئُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ الْإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيُّ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كُلُّ بُنْيَانٍ وَبَالٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ هَكَذَا» وَأَشَارَ بِكَفِّهِ «وَكُلُّ عَلْمٍ وَبَالٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ»

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suyuti:16847a –
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السيوطي:١٦٨٤٧a –

"كُلُّ بُنْيَانٍ وَبَالٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِه إلا مَا كَانَ هَكَذَا -وَأشارَ بِكفِّهِ- وَكلُّ عِلمٍ وَبَالٌ عَلَى صَاحِبِه يَوْمَ القِيَامةِ إِلَّا مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ".

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن واثلة