Riyad as-Salihin
Riyad as-Salihin 358
Revering the Scholars and Elders, Preferring them to others and raising their Status
Arabic hadith text
وعن أبي سعيد سمرة بن جندب رضي الله عنه قال: لقد كنت على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم غلامًا ، فكنت أحفظ عنه، فما يمنعني من القول إلا أن ههنا رجالاً أسن مني. ((متفق عليه)) .
Translation
Abu Sa'id Samurah bin Jundub (May Allah be pleased with him) reported
I was a boy during the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and used to commit to my memory what he said, but I do not narrate what I preserved because there were among us people who were older than me.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].