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tabarani:8930 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Masʿūdī > al-Qāsim

[Machine] Abdullah: "Verily, I believe that a person forgets knowledge whenever they commit a sin that they have learned."  

الطبراني:٨٩٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنِّي لَأَحْسِبُ الرَّجُلَ يَنْسَى الْعِلْمَ كُلَّمَا يَعْلَمُهُ الْخَطِيئَةَ يَعْمَلُهَا»  

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darimi:388 – Yaʿlá > al-Masʿūdī > al-Qāsim

[Machine] To me, Abdullah says,"Verily, I reckon that a man forgetting knowledge that he knew is a sin that he commits."  

الدارمي:٣٨٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «إِنِّي لَأَحْسَبُ الرَّجُلَ يَنْسَى الْعِلْمَ كَانَ يَعْلَمُهُ لِلْخَطِيئَةِ كَانَ يَعْمَلُهَا»  

ahmad-zuhd:853 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wakīʿ > al-Masʿūdī > al-Qāsim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman Wa-al-Ḥasan b. Saʿd

[Machine] "Abdullah, I believe that a person who forgets knowledge that he once possessed, commits a mistake."  

الزهد لأحمد:٨٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَالْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَحْسَبُ الرَّجُلَ يَنْسَى الْعِلْمَ كَانَ يَعْلَمُهُ بِالْخَطِيئَةِ يَعْمَلُهَا