Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38441 — Reports on weeping out of fear

Abu Muslim al-Khawlani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Scholars are of three kinds: one who himself gained enlightenment from his knowledge and from whom people also benefited; another who benefited himself but from whom people did not benefit; and the third, those from whom people benefited but who themselves were ruined.