Sunan Abi Dawud · Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)

باب فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

Chapter: Regarding seeking knowledge for other than (the sake of) Allah.

1 hadith · references 3664–3664

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Abu Dawud · 3664مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلْمًا مِمَّا يُبْتَغَى بِهِ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَا يَتَعَلَّمُهُ إِلَّا لِيُصِيبَ بِهِ عَرَضًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَجِدْ عَرْفَ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone acquires knowledge of things by which Allah's good pleasure is sought, but acquires it only to get some worldly advantage, he will not experience the arf, i. e. the od6 narrators