Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-675b
"عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ: لَا يُتَعَلَّمُ الِعْلمُ لِثَلَاثِ، وَلَا يُتْرَكُ لِثَلَاثٍ، لَا يُتَعَلَّمُ لِيُمارَى بِهِ، ولَا يُبَاهى بِهِ، ولَا يُرَايا بِهِ، وَلَا يُتْرَكُ حَيَاءً مِنْ طَلَبِهِ، ولَا زَهَادَةً فِيهِ، وَلَا رِضًى بالْجَهْلِ فِيهِ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿUmar
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'Umar said: Knowledge is not sought for three purposes, nor abandoned for three: it is not sought to argue with it, nor to boast with it, nor to show off with it; and it is not abandoned out of shame in seeking it, nor out of disinterest in it, nor out of contentment with ignorance in it.
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ابن أبى الدنيا
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