Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2125b
"عَن أَبى عمرانَ الجَوْنِىِّ، عن هرِم بن حَيَّانَ أنه قال: إيَّاكم والعالمَ الفاسِقَ، فبلغ عمر بن الخطاب فأشفَق منها: ما العالمُ الفاسقُ؟ فكتب إليه هَرِمُ بن حيانَ: واللَّه يا أميرَ المُؤْمنينَ ما أرَدْت به إلا الخيرَ، يكونُ إمامٌ يتكلمُ بالعلم ويعملُ بالفسقِ فيشبه على النَّاسِ فَيضِلُّوا".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abá ʿMrān al-Jawni
- Hrim b. Ḥayyān
Machine translation, not reviewed
"It was narrated from Abu 'Imran al-Jawni, from Hirim ibn Hayyan, that he said: 'Beware of the knowledgeable sinner.' This reached 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and he was alarmed by it, saying: 'What is the knowledgeable sinner?' Hirim ibn Hayyan wrote to him: 'By Allah, O Commander of the Believers, I only meant good. He is an imam who speaks with knowledge and acts with sin, so the people are confused and go astray.'"
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Notes
ابن سعد، والمروزى في العلم
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