[Machine] I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was talking to his companions and saying, "How could knowledge disappear?" I said, "By the lives of my parents, how could knowledge disappear while we are reciting the Quran and teaching it to our children, and our children are teaching it to their children, until the Hour is established?" He said, "May your mother be bereaved of you, O Ibn Labid! I certainly see you as the most knowledgeable person in Medina. Are not the Jews and the Christians reading the Torah and the Gospel, yet they do not benefit from them at all?"
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُ أَصْحَابَهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «كَيْفَ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ أَوَانُ الْعِلْمِ» قُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي كَيْفَ يَذْهَبُ أَوَانُ الْعِلْمِ وَنَحْنُ نَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ونُعَلِّمُهُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَيُعَلِّمُهُ أَبْنَاؤُنَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ إِلَى أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ؟ قَالَ «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا ابْنَ لَبِيدٍ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَرَاكَ مِنْ أَفْقَهِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَوَلَيْسَ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى يَقْرَءُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ ثُمَّ لَا يَنْتَفِعُونَ مِنْهَا بِشَيْءٍ؟»