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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب العلم
Book of Knowledge
بَابٌ فِي فَضْلِ الْعَالِمِ وَالْمُتَعَلِّمِ .
The virtue of the scholar and the learner
Majma al-Zawaid 490 — The virtue of the scholar and the learner
وَعَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : " النَّاسُ مَعَادِنُ ، فَخِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ إِذَا فَقِهُوا " .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "People are like mines (that is, like mines of minerals). Those of them who were considered the best in the period of Ignorance will also be considered the best in Islam, provided they acquire understanding (that is, knowledge) (of the teachings of the religion)."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
