قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: إن أحدا لا يولد عالما، والعلم بالتعلم

‘Abdullāh bin Mas’ūd (may Allāh be pleased with him) said:

“Indeed, no one is born a scholar. Rather, knowledge is gained by learning.”

• Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (27804 [26647])
• Kitāb al-‘Ilm by Abū Khaythamah (116 (1/105))
• Wakī’ bin Jarrāḥ’s az-Zuhd (518 (1/831-832))
• Imām Aḥmad’s az-Zuhd (901 (1/208))
• Jāmi’ Bayān al-‘Ilm wa-Faḍlihi (615 (1/420))

Grade:

• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Dr. Sa’d bin Nāṣir ash-Shathrī (Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (27804 (14/365)))
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Dr. Riyāḍ Ḥusayn ‘Abdul-Laṭīf (Kitāb al-‘Ilm)
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Dr. ‘Abdur-Raḥmān ‘Abdul-Jabbār (Wakī’ bin Jarrāḥ’s az-Zuhd (518 (1/831-832)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Abul-Ashbāl az-Zuhayrī (Jāmi’ Bayān al-‘Ilm wa-Faḍlihi)
• Isnād ḥasan by Shaykh Sayyid ‘Imrān (Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (26647 (8/87)))

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