Sunan ad-Darimi 575

Translation

✧ “The example of knowledge that is not benefited from is like the example of treasure that is not spent in the way of Allah.”

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Misykatul Mashabih 280وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَثَلُ عِلْمٍ لَا يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ كَنْزٍ لَا يُنْفَقُ مِنْهُ فِي سَبِيل الله». رَوَاهُ الدَّارمِيّ

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Abū ʿIyāḍ

   mukhaḍram, trustworthy (thiqah), devout worshipperd. It was said: during the caliphate of Muʿāwiyah
   أَبِي عِيَاضٍمخضرم ، ثقة عابد
   عن
3. 3
   Ibrāhīm al-Hajarī

   Weak in ḥadīth (layyin al-ḥadīth); he raised statements that were only the Companions' (mawqūfāt) to the Prophet ﷺd. between 141 and 150 AH
   إِبْرَاهِيمُلين الحديث ، رفع موقوفات
   حدثني
4. 4
   Abū Shihāb

   truthful (ṣadūq), prone to error (yahim)d. 171 AH or 172 AH
   أَبُو شِهَابٍصدوق يهم
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Yūnus

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 227 AH
   أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة حافظ
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   al-Dārimī

   trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AH
   الدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن

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Mishkat al-Masabih 280