Mishkat al-Masabih 266

Translation

Sufyan said that ‘Umar b. al-Khattab asked Ka‘b who were the lords of knowledge, and he replied that they are those who act according to what they know. He then asked what it is that takes knowledge from the hearts of the learned and was told that it is covetousness. Darimi transmitted it.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Sunan ad-Darimi 604أَنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ لِكَعْبٍ مَنْ أَرْبَابُ الْعِلْمِ؟ قَالَ «الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ بِمَا يَعْلَمُونَ» قَالَ فَمَا أَخْرَجَ الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قُلُوبِ الْعُلَمَاءِ؟ قَالَ «الطَّمَعُ»