Sunan ad-Darimi 390
✧ The Blame for Seeking Knowledge for Other than Allah
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أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزٌ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ سُمَيْرٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ
«لَا تُحَدِّثِ الْبَاطِلَ الْحُكَمَاءَ فَيَمْقُتُوكَ وَلَا تُحَدِّثِ الْحِكْمَةَ لِلسُّفَهَاءِ فَيُكَذِّبُوكَ وَلَا تَمْنَعِ الْعِلْمَ أَهْلَهُ فَتَأْثَمَ وَلَا تَضَعْهُ فِي غَيْرِ أَهْلِهِ فَتُجَهَّلَ إِنَّ عَلَيْكَ فِي عِلْمِكَ حَقًّا كَمَا أَنَّ عَلَيْكَ فِي مَالِكَ حَقًّا»
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Chain of narrators
- Yūsuf b. Mūsá
- Isḥāq b. Sulaymān
- Ḥarīz
- Salmān b. Sumayr
- Kathīr b. Murrah
✧ Do not tell falsehood to the wise, lest they hate you. Do not tell wisdom to the foolish, lest they deny you. Do not withhold knowledge from its people, lest you sin. Do not place it with other than its people, lest you be considered ignorant. Indeed, you have a duty regarding your knowledge just as you have a duty regarding your wealth.
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Narrators
- Trustworthy (thiqah); whoever counted him among the Companions was mistaken (wahima)d. between 71 and 80 AHكَثِير بْن مُرَّة الرُّهَاوِيثقة ، ووهم من عده في الصحابةعن
- acceptable (maqbūl)سَلْمَانَ بْنِ سُمَيْرٍمقبولعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt), accused of Naṣb (hostility to ʿAlī)d. 163 AH, Muḥammad b. al-Muṣaffā said: 162 AH, Sulaymān b. Salamah al-Khabāʾirī said: 168 AHحَرِيزٌثقة ثبت ، رمي بالنصبحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. 199 AH, or 200 AHإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَثقة فاضلحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 253 AHيُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَىصدوقأخبرنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AHالدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن
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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.