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مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كتاب العلم
Book of Knowledge
بَابُ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ .
The departure of knowledge
Majma al-Zawaid 990 — The departure of knowledge
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ - قَالَ : تَدْرُونَ كَيْفَ يَنْقُصُ الْإِسْلَامُ ؟ قَالُوا : كَمَا يَنْقُصُ صَبْغُ الثَّوْبِ ، وَكَمَا يَنْقُصُ سِمَنُ الدَّابَّةِ ، وَكَمَا يَنْقُصُ الدِّرْهَمُ مِنْ طُولِ الْخِبَاءِ . قَالَ : إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَمِنْهُ ، وَأَكْبَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَوْتُ أَوْ ذَهَابُ الْعُلَمَاءِ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ، وَرِجَالُهُ مُوَثَّقُونَ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ، وَرِجَالُهُ مُوَثَّقُونَ .
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do you know how Islam will diminish?" The people replied: "Just as the dye of a garment fades, or as the fatness of an animal diminishes, or as a dirham wears down after long use." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That is also part of it, but greater than all of these is the death of the scholars (the narrator is in doubt, or perhaps the words are:) the departure of the scholars."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its narrators have been declared trustworthy.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its narrators have been declared trustworthy.
