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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
كلام أبي الدرداء ﵁
The words of Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37328 — The words of Abu al-Darda
٣٧٣٢٨ - حدثنا محمد بن فضيل عن حصين عن سالم بن أبي الجعد عن أبي الدرداء أنه قال: مالي أرى علماءكم يذهبون، وأرى جهالكم لا يتعلمون، اعلموا قبل أن يرفع العلم فإنّ رفعَ العلم ذهابُ العلماء، مالي أراكم تحرصون على ما تكفل لكم به، وتضيعون ما وكلتم به، لأنا أعلم بشراركم من البيطار بالخيل، هم الذين لا ⦗٣٥٦⦘ يأتون الصلاة إلا دبرًا، ولا يسمعون القرآن إلا هجرًا، ولا يعتق محررهم (١).
It is narrated about Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "What is the matter with me that I see your scholars departing, and I see your ignorant people not acquiring knowledge? Acquire knowledge before knowledge is taken away, for the taking away of knowledge is the departure of the scholars. What is the matter with me that I see you eager for what has been guaranteed for you, while you neglect what has been entrusted to you? I know the wicked among you better than a veterinarian knows horses. They are those who offer the prayer only after its time has passed, who listen to the Qur'an only with indifference, and whose freed slave is not truly freed."
