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tabarani:8761Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Faḍālah b. al-Faḍl > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > al-Aʿmash > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] Abdullah said, "A people will come who will drink knowledge plentifully."  

الطبراني:٨٧٦١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا فَضَالَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَشْرَبُونَ الْعِلْمَ شُرْبًا»