Sunan ad-Darimi 383
✧ The Blame for Seeking Knowledge for Other than Allah
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أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عِيسَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ يَقُولُ
إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَطْلُبُ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ مَنِ اجْتَمَعَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَتَانِ الْعَقْلُ وَالنُّسُكُ فَإِنْ كَانَ نَاسِكًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَاقِلًا قَالَ هَذَا أَمْرٌ لَا يَنَالُهُ إِلَّا الْعُقَلَاءُ فَلَمْ يَطْلُبْهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَاقِلًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ نَاسِكًا قَالَ هَذَا أَمْرٌ لَا يَنَالُهُ إِلَّا النُّسَّاكُ فَلَمْ يَطْلُبْهُ فَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ وَلَقَدْ رَهِبْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَطْلُبُهُ الْيَوْمَ مَنْ لَيْسَتْ فِيهِ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهُمَا لَا عَقْلٌ وَلَا نُسُكٌ
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- Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir
- Ḥumayd b. al-Aswad
- ʿĪsá
- al-Shaʿbī
✧ Only one in whom two qualities were combined used to seek this knowledge: intellect and devotion. If he was devout but not intelligent, he said: “This is a matter that none but the intelligent attain,” so he did not seek it. If he was intelligent but not devout, he said: “This is a matter that none but the devout attain,” so he did not seek it. Al-Sha‘bī said: “I fear that today it is sought by one who has neither of the two: neither intellect nor devotion.”
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