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tabarani:8845 – al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Ibn Masʿūd > ʿAlaykum Bi-al-ʿIlm Qabl

[Machine] "To withdraw is to take away what someone possesses, and it is upon you to seek knowledge, for indeed one of you does not know when he may become poor and in need of what he has. And it is upon you to seek knowledge, and beware of pretension and superficiality, and it is upon you to adhere to the ancient wisdom, for indeed a people will come who recite the Book of Allah, but they will throw it behind their backs."  

الطبراني:٨٨٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ «§عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ قَبْلَ

أَنْ يُقْبَضَ وَقَبْضُهُ ذَهَابُ أَهْلِهِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُفْتَقَرُ إِلَى مَا عِنْدَهُ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّنَطُّعَ وَالتَّعَمُّقَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعَتِيقِ فَإِنَّهُ سَيَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللهِ يَنْبُذُونَهُ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ»  

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darimi:145 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb And ʾAbū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Ibn Masʿūd ʿAlaykum Bi-al-ʿIlm Qabl > Yuqbaḍ Waqabḍuh

[Machine] "That you take your companions with knowledge, for surely one of you does not know when he will be in need of it or when he will be in need of what he possesses. Indeed, you will find people who claim to invite you to the Book of Allah, yet they have abandoned it behind their backs. So, you must seek knowledge, and beware of pretentiousness, affectation, unnecessary show, and delving too deeply into matters. And you must hold fast to the ancient teachings."  

الدارمي:١٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَأَبُو النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ وَقَبْضُهُ

أَنْ يُذْهَبَ بِأَصْحَابِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُفْتَقَرُ إِلَيْهِ أَوْ يُفْتَقَرُ إِلَى مَا عِنْدَهُ إِنَّكُمْ سَتَجِدُونَ أَقْوَامًا يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يَدْعُونَكُمْ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ نَبَذُوهُ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعِلْمِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّبَدُّعَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّنَطُّعَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّعَمُّقَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْعَتِيقِ»  

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السيوطي:١٢٧٨٤a –

"تَعَلَّمُوا العِلمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ؛ فَإنَّ أحَدَكُمْ لَا يَدْرى مَتَى يُفْتَقَرُ إِلَى مَا عِنْدَهُ، وَعَلَيكمْ بالعِلمِ، وَإيَّاكُمْ والتَّنَطُّعَ، والتَّبَدُّعَ، والتَّعَمُّقَ، وَعَلَيكُمْ بِالعَتِيقِ".  

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