٣٨٤٤١ - حدثنا يونس بن محمد عن حماد بن زيد عن أيوب] (١) عن أبي قلابة عن أبي (مسلم) (٢) الخولاني قال: العلماء ثلاثة: رجل عاش بعلمه وعاش به الناس معه، ورجل عاش بعلمه ولم يعش (به) (٣) (معه) (٤) أحد غيره، ورجل عاش الناس بعلمه وأهلك نفسه (٥) (٦).
Hazrat Abi Muslim Khaulani, may Allah have mercy on him, says that scholars are of three types: one is he who himself benefited from his knowledge and others also gained benefit; the second is he who benefited himself but others did not gain benefit; and the third are those scholars from whom people gained benefit but they themselves were ruined.