Hadith #3310
Arabic Text
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَجْمَعُ بَنِيهِ، فَيَقُولُ : " يَا بَنِيَّ ،تَعَلَّمُوا، فَإِنْ تَكُونُوا صِغَارَ قَوْمٍ، فَعَسَى أَنْ تَكُونُوا كِبَارَ آخَرِينَ، وَمَا أَقْبَحَ عَلَى شَيْخٍ يُسْأَلُ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ "
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Khalaf narrated to us, Anas ibn 'Iyad narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, that he would gather his children and say: "O my sons, learn! For if you are now the young of a people, perhaps you will become the elders of others. And how ugly it is for an old man to be asked while having no knowledge."
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Reference: Sunan al-Darimi, Book 1, Hadith 3310
Sunnah.com ref: darimi 3310
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