It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he used to say to people (because of their many questions): "O people, keep away from me! I have been in the company of eminent personalities who were far superior to me in knowledge and insight; and had I known beforehand that I would live so long that people would come to need me (for solving their issues), I would have acquired knowledge more diligently for your sake. So keep away from me now."
This report is mawquf and the narrators of its chain are thiqat (trustworthy); al-Harith bin Abi Usamah recorded it in his Musnad (Bughyat al-Bahith).
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب العلم / 3057
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