Sunan ad-Darimi 348
Virtue of Knowledge and the Scholar
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَوْفٍ عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ الْعَمِّيِّ قَالَ
بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ دَاوُدَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي تَعَالَيْتَ فَوْقَ عَرْشِكَ وَجَعَلْتَ خَشْيَتَكَ عَلَى مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَأَقْرَبُ خَلْقِكَ مِنْكَ مَنْزِلَةً أَشَدُّهُمْ لَكَ خَشْيَةً وَمَا عِلْمُ مَنْ لَمْ يَخْشَكَ؟ وَمَا حِكْمَةُ مَنْ لَمْ يُطِعْ أَمْرَكَ؟»
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Abū Shaybah
- Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah
- ʿAwf
- ʿAbbās al-ʿAmmī
✧ It has reached me that Dawud the Prophet ﷺ used to say in his supplication: "Glory be to You, O Allah, You are my Lord, exalted above Your Throne, and You have placed fear of You upon those in the heavens and the earth. The closest of Your creation to You in station is the one most fearful of You. What knowledge does one have who does not fear You? And what wisdom does one have who does not obey Your command?"
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Narrators
- عَبَّاس العَمِّيعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), accused of Qadarism and Shīʿismd. 146 AH, or 147 AHعَوْفٍثقة رمي بالقدر وبالتشيععن
- Trustworthy and a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ), though he used to practice concealment (tadlīs) of the names of his teachersd. 193 AHمَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَثقة حافظ ، وكان يدلس أسماء الشيوخحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), author of works (ṣāḥib taṣānīf)d. 235 AH, or 234 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيفأخبرنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AHالدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن
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