Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 259
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْعَبَّادَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَشِيرُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَشْعَثَ بْنَ سَوَّارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " لاَ تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهُوا بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ أَوْ لِتُمَارُوا بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ أَوْ لِتَصْرِفُوا وُجُوهَ النَّاسِ إِلَيْكُمْ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ " .
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Aḥmad ibn ʿĀṣim al-ʿAbādānī narrated to us: Bashīr ibn Maymūn narrated to us: I heard Ashʿath ibn Sawwār, from Ibn Sīrīn, from Ḥudhayfah, who said: I heard the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, say: “Do not seek knowledge to vie with the scholars, dispute with the foolish, or turn people toward you. Whoever does so will be in the Fire.”