Sunan ad-Darimi 393
✧ The Blame for Seeking Knowledge for Other than Allah
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ شَابُورَ سَمِعَ شَهْرَ بْنَ حَوْشَبٍ يَقُولُ
قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لِابْنِهِ «يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَعَلَّمِ الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ وتُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ وَتُرَائِيَ بِهِ فِي الْمَجَالِسِ وَلَا تَتْرُكِ الْعِلْمَ زَهَادَةً فِيهِ وَرَغْبَةً فِي الْجَهَالَةِ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ قَوْمًا لا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ فَاجْلِسْ مَعَهُمْ إِنْ تَكُ عَالِمًا يَنْفَعْكَ عِلْمُكَ وَإِنْ تَكُ جَاهِلًا عَلَّمُوكَ وَلَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِرَحْمَتِهِ فَيُصِيبَكَ بِهَا مَعَهُمْ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ قَوْمًا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ فَلَا تَجْلِسْ مَعَهُمْ إِنْ تَكُ عَالِمًا لَمْ يَنْفَعْكَ عِلْمُكَ وَإِنْ تَكُ جَاهِلًا زَادُوكَ غَيًّا أَوْ عِيًّا وَلَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِسَخَطٍ فَيُصِيبَكَ بِهِ مَعَهُمْ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Aḥmad
- Sufyān
- Dāwud b. Shābūr
- Shahr b. Ḥawshab
✧ Luqman said 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. When you see people remembering Allah, sit with them: 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: if you are knowledgeable, your knowledge will not benefit you, and if you are ignorant, they will increase you in error or inability. Perhaps Allah will look upon them with displeasure, and it will reach you along with them.'
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Narrators
- Truthful (ṣadūq), frequently narrated mursal reports (kathīr al-irsāl) and made many errors (awhām)d. 98 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH, or 111 AH, or 112 AHشَهْر بْن حَوْشَبصدوق , كثير الإرسال والأوهامسمع
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 121 AH and 130 AHدَاوُدَ بْنِ سَابُورَثقةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an imam and a proof (ḥujjah), except that his memory changed towards the end of his life; he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), but only from trustworthy narrators.d. 197 AH or 198 AHسُفْيَانُثقة حافظ فقيه , إمام حجة إلا أنه تغير حفظه بأخرة , وكان ربما دلس لكن عن الثقاتحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 236 AH, or 237 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَثقةأخبرنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AHالدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن
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