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اطلبوا العلم ولو بالصين فإن طلب العلم فريضة على كل مسلم

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اطلبوا العلم ولو بالصين فإن طلب العلم فريضة على كل مسلم

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Sunan Ibn Mājah No. 224

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ شِنْظِيرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ، وَوَاضِعُ الْعِلْمِ عِنْدَ غَيْرِ أَهْلِهِ كَمُقَلِّدِ الْخَنَازِيرِ الْجَوْهَرَ، وَاللُّؤْلُؤَ، وَالذَّهَبَ ".

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  1. Sunan Ibn Mājah 224: هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ, from حَفْصُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ, from كَثِيرُ بْنُ شِنْظِيرٍ, from مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ (Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn), from أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ (Anas ibn Mālik), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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Sura 17 (al-Isrāʾ), verse 36

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