سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
مقدمهIntroduction
باب الرِّحْلَةِ في طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ وَاحْتِمَالِ الْعَنَاءِ فِيهِ:Chapter: Traveling for Knowledge and Enduring Hardship
Hadith 585
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ، عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ آلِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا: "طَلَبْتُ الْعِلْمَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ، فَكُنْتُ آتِي الرَّجُلَ فَأَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ، فَيُقَالُ لِي: نَائِمٌ فَأَتَوَسَّدُ رِدَائِي، ثُمَّ أَضْطَجِعُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ إِلَى الظُّهْرِ، فَيَقُولُ: مَتَى كُنْتَ هَا هُنَا يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ؟، فَأَقُولُ: مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ طَوِيلٍ، فَيَقُولُ: بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعْتَ، هَلَّا أَعْلَمْتَنِي ؟، فَأَقُولُ: أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيَّ وَقَدْ قَضَيْتَ حَاجَتَكَ".
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I sought knowledge and did not find it anywhere more than with the Ansar, so I used to go to a man and inquire about him. I would be told that he was sleeping, so I would make my cloak a pillow and then lie down. When he would come out at the time of Zuhr, he would say: O cousin of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! How long have you been here? I would reply: I have been sitting here for quite a while. He would say: You did not do well; why did you not inform me (of your arrival)? I would reply: I wanted you to fulfill your needs and then come out.
