Musnad al-Bazzar 2429
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وَأَخْبَرَنَاهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ؓ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ:
" إِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَا يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعًا يَنْتَزِعُهُ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ بِقَبْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ، فَإِذَا لَمْ يُبْقِ عَالِمًا اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُؤَسَاءَ جُهَّالًا فَضَلُّوا وَأَضَلُّوا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAmr b. ʿAlī
- ʿAbd al-Wahhāb
- Ayyūb
- Hishām b. ʿUrwah
- his father
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr
- al-Nabī ﷺ
✧ "Indeed Allah, Blessed and Exalted, does not take away knowledge by snatching it away, but He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars. When no scholar remains, the people take ignorant leaders, so they go astray and lead others astray."
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