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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
كلام الحسن البصري
The words of al-Hasan al-Basri
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38055 — The words of al-Hasan al-Basri
٣٨٠٥٥ - حدثنا عفان قال: حدثنا أبو عقيل (بشير) (١) بن عقبة قال: سمعت الحسن يقول العلماء: ثلاثة منهم عالم لنفسه ولغيره، (فذلك) (٢) أفضلهم (وخيرهم) (٣) (ومنهم عالم لنفسه فحسن) (٤)، ومنهم عالم لا لنفسه ولا لغيره فذلك (شرهم) (٥).
Al-Hasan says: Scholars are of three kinds. Some scholars are scholars for themselves and for others; these are the most excellent and the best of the scholars. Some scholars are scholars for themselves; these too are good. And some scholars are neither for themselves nor for anyone else; these are the worst of the scholars.
