سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
مقدمهIntroduction
باب في فَضْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْعَالِمِ:Chapter: The Virtue of Knowledge and the Scholar
Hadith 346
أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ فَأَدْرَكَهُ، كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلَانِ مِنْ الْأَجْرِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ، كَانَ لَهُ كِفْلٌ مِنْ الْأَجْرِ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Wathilah bin Asqa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever sought knowledge and also acquired it, for him is a double reward, and if he could not acquire knowledge, then even so, for him is a single portion of reward.”
