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tabarani:8590Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Wahb > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] I heard Ibn Mas'ud say, "People will continue to be righteous and firm as long as they receive knowledge from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ and their seniors. But if they receive it from their juniors, they will perish."  

الطبراني:٨٥٩٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ «لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ صَالِحِينَ مُتَمَاسِكِينَ مَا أَتَاهُمُ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَمِنْ أَكَابِرِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ أَصَاغِرِهِمْ هَلَكُوا»  


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tabarani:8589ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Wahb > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "People will continue to be in goodness as long as knowledge comes to them from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ and from their elders. But when knowledge comes from their younger ones, that is when they are doomed."  

الطبراني:٨٥٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا أَتَاهُمُ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَمِنْ أَكَابِرِهِمْ فَإِذَا جَاءَ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَصَاغِرِهِمْ فَذَاكَ حِينَ هَلَكُوا»  

tabarani:8592Muḥammad b. al-Sarī b. Mihrān al-Nāqid > al-Ḥakam b. Mūsá > Maʿmar b. Sulaymān > Zayd b. Ḥabbān > Abū Isḥāq > Zayd b. Wahb > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] "People will continue to be in goodness as long as knowledge comes to them from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ and their elders. But when knowledge comes to them from their young ones, they will be ruined."  

الطبراني:٨٥٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ النَّاقِدُ ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا مَعْمَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا أَتَاهُمُ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَأَكَابِرِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَتَاهُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَصَاغِرِهِمْ هَلَكُوا»