Toggle above to switch between keyword search and direct hadith lookup
Sunan ad-Darimi 669 — Honoring Knowledge
أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ الْأَسْوَدُ، قَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ مُنَبِّهٍ: "كَانَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِيمَا مَضَى يَضَنُّونَ بِعِلْمِهِمْ عَنْ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا، فَيَرْغَبُ أَهْلُ الدُّنْيَا فِي عِلْمِهِمْ، فَيَبْذُلُونَ لَهُمْ دُنْيَاهُمْ، وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ الْيَوْمَ بَذَلُوا عِلْمَهُمْ لِأَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا، فَزَهِدَ أَهْلُ الدُّنْيَا فِي عِلْمِهِمْ، فَضَنُّوا عَلَيْهِمْ بِدُنْيَاهُمْ".
It is narrated from Hajjaj al-Aswad that Wahb bin Munabbih said: In the past, the people of knowledge used to protect their knowledge from the people of the world, so the people of the world were eager for their knowledge and would lavish their worldly possessions upon them. But today, the people of knowledge have lavished their knowledge upon the people of the world, so the people of the world have turned away from their knowledge and have protected their worldly possessions from them.
