Sunan ad-Darimi 370
✧ Whoever seeks knowledge without intention, knowledge returns to intention
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَمَانٍ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ «مَا كَانَ طَلَبُ الْحَدِيثِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ الْيَوْمَ» قَالُوا لِسُفْيَانَ إِنَّهُمْ يَطْلُبُونَهُ بِغَيْرِ نِيَّةٍ؟ قَالَ «طَلَبُهُمْ إِيَّاهُ نِيَّةٌ»
Translation
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- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿImrān
- Yaḥyá b. Yamān
✧ I heard Sufyan forty years ago say: 'Seeking hadith was never more excellent than it is today.' They said to Sufyan: They seek it without intention? He said: 'Their seeking it is an intention.'
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| Dārānī | Good Chain | hadithunlocked |
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