al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 5807
✧ The Virtue of Knowledge
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أَخْبَرَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ
عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ «بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي أُتِيتُ بِقَدَحٍ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى أَنِّي أَرَى الرِّيَّ يَجْرِي ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْطَيْتُ فَضْلِي عُمَرَ» قَالُوا فَمَا أَوَّلْتَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «الْعِلْمُ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Nūḥ b. Ḥabīb
- ʿAbd al-Razzāq
- Maʿmar
- al-Zuhrī
- Sālim
✧ From his father: The Prophet ﷺ was narrating and said: "While I was sleeping, I saw that I was brought a cup, and I drank from it until I saw the water flowing. Then I gave my leftover to 'Umar." They said, "What did you interpret it as, O Messenger of God ﷺ?" He said, "Knowledge."
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