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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 496

وَعَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ : غَدَوْتُ عَلَى صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ فَقَالَ : مَا غَدَا بِكَ يَا زِرُّ ؟ قُلْتُ : أَلْتَمِسُ الْعِلْمَ . قَالَ : اغْدُ عَالِمًا أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا وَلَا تَغْدُ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ ، وَفِيهِ حَفْصُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، وَثَّقَهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَضَعَّفَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ كَثِيرُونَ .
Zirr bin Hubaysh relates: I came to Sayyiduna Safwan bin Assal al-Muradi (may Allah be pleased with him), and he asked: "O Zirr, why have you come?" I replied: "To seek knowledge." He said: "Remain a scholar or remain a student, and do not remain anything besides these."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Hafs bin Sulayman, whom Imam Ahmad declared thiqah (trustworthy), while many people declared him da'if (weak).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب العلم / 496
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