Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-691b
"عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ عَجْلانَ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ هَذَا الْعِلْمُ قَبْضًا سَرِيعًا، فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ عِنْدَهُ شَيءٌ مِنْهُ فَلْتُفْشوه غَيْرَ الْغَالِي فِيهِ وَلَا الْجَافِي عَنْهُ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAṭāʾ b. ʿAjlān
- Qāl ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Awshak
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"Narrated from 'Ata' ibn 'Ajlan: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab said: This knowledge is about to be taken away swiftly. So whoever among you has some of it, let him spread it, without being extreme in it or neglectful of it."
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Notes
أبو عبد الله بن منده في مسند إبراهيم بن أدهم
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