Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 33:1095

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 33:1095

Book of Asceticism (Zuhd)

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Hadith 33:1095

'Affan narrated to us, he said: Abu 'Aqil Bashir bin 'Uqbah narrated to us, he said: I heard al-Hasan saying: The scholars are three: among them is a scholar for himself and for others, and that is the best of them and the most excellent of them. And among them is a scholar for himself, and that is good. And among them is a scholar neither for himself nor for others, and that is the worst of them.

حدثنا عفان قال حدثنا أبو عقيل بشير بن عقبة قال سمعت الحسن يقول العلماء ثلاثة منهم عالم لنفسه ولغيره فذلك أفضلهم وخيرهم ومنهم عالم لنفسه فحسن ومنهم عالم لا لنفسه ولا لغيره فذلك شرهم