سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
مقدمهIntroduction
باب مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ بِغَيْرِ نِيَّةٍ فَرَدَّهُ الْعِلْمُ إِلَى النِّيَّةِ:Chapter: Whoever Seeks Knowledge Without Proper Intention, Knowledge Will Lead Him Back to Intention
Hadith 369
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَمَانٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، قَالَ: "مَا كَانَ طَلَبُ الْحَدِيثِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ الْيَوْمَ، قَالُوا لِسُفْيَانَ: إِنَّهُمْ يَطْلُبُونَهُ بِغَيْرِ نِيَّةٍ ؟، قَالَ: طَلَبُهُمْ إِيَّاهُ نِيَّةٌ".
Yahya bin Yaman said: I heard Sufyan, may Allah have mercy on him, saying for forty years: Seeking hadith has never been more virtuous than it is today. People asked Sufyan, may Allah have mercy on him: People seek hadith without intention. He said: Their seeking itself is the intention.
