سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
مقدمهIntroduction
باب في فَضْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْعَالِمِ:Chapter: The Virtue of Knowledge and the Scholar
Hadith 341
قَالَ: وأَخْبَرَنِي أحمد بن مُحَمَّدٌ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ: "أَجْهَلُ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَرَكَ مَا يَعْلَمُ، وَأَعْلَمُ النَّاسِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِمَا يَعْلَمُ، وَأَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ أَخْشَعَهُمْ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ".
Sufyan bin ‘Uyaynah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The most ignorant among the people is the one who abandons knowledge despite having it (i.e., neither acts upon it nor conveys it), and the greatest scholar is the one who acts according to his knowledge, and the best among the people is the one who has the most fear of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.
