Sunan ad-Darimi 389
✧ The Blame for Seeking Knowledge for Other than Allah
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أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ قَالَ
بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ لُقْمَانَ الْحَكِيمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ لِابْنِهِ «يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَعَلَّمِ الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ أَوْ لِتُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ أَوْ تُرَائِيَ بِهِ فِي الْمَجَالِسِ وَلَا تَتْرُكِ الْعِلْمَ زُهْدًا فِيهِ وَرَغْبَةً فِي الْجَهَالَةِ يَا بُنَيَّ اخْتَرِ الْمَجَالِسَ عَلَى عَيْنِكَ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ قَوْمًا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ فَاجْلِسْ مَعَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تَكُنْ عَالِمًا يَنْفَعْكَ عِلْمُكَ وَإِنْ تَكُنْ جَاهِلًا يُعَلِّمُوكَ وَلَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِرَحْمَتِهِ فَيُصِيبَكَ بِهَا مَعَهُمْ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ قَوْمًا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ فَلَا تَجْلِسْ مَعَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تَكُنْ عَالِمًا لَا يَنْفَعْكَ عِلْمُكَ وَإِنْ تَكُنْ جَاهِلًا زَادُوكَ غَيًّا وَلَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِعَذَابٍ فَيُصِيبَكَ مَعَهُمْ»
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Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ
- Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah
- Ibn Abū Ḥusayn
- Shahr b. Ḥawshab
✧ It has reached me that Luqman the Wise used to say to his son: 'O my son, do not learn knowledge to vie with the scholars, to argue with the foolish, or to show off in gatherings. And do not abandon knowledge out of indifference to it and desire for ignorance. O my son, choose gatherings with your own eyes. When you see people remembering Allah, sit with them, for if you are knowledgeable, your knowledge will benefit you, and if you are ignorant, they will teach you. Perhaps Allah will look upon them with His mercy, and it will reach you along with them. And when you see people not remembering Allah, do not sit with them, for if you are knowledgeable, your knowledge will not benefit you, and if you are ignorant, they will increase you in error. Perhaps Allah will look upon them with punishment, and it will reach you along with them.'
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