Sunan Abi Dawud · Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)
باب فَضْلِ نَشْرِ الْعِلْمِ
Chapter: The virtue of spreading knowledge.
3 hadith · references 3659–3661
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Abu Dawud · 3659تَسْمَعُونَ ، وَيُسْمَعُ مِنْكُمْ ، وَيُسْمَعُ مِمَّنْ سَمِعَ مِنْكُمْNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: You hear (from me), and others will hear from you; and people will hear from them who heard from you.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3660نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا حَدِيثًا فَحَفِظَهُ حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَهُ ، فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ ، وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ لَيْسَ بِفَقِيهٍNarrated Zayd ibn Thabit: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: May Allah brighten a man who hears a tradition from us, gets it by heart and passes it on to others. Many a bearer of knowledge conveys it to one who is mor7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3661وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْ يَهْدِيَ اللَّهُ بِهُدَاكَ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِSahl bin Saad reported the prophet ﷺ as saying: I swear on Allah, it will be better for you that Allah should give guidance to one man through your agency than that you should acquire the red ones among the camels.4 narrators