Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Knowledge

44- بَابُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْعَالِمِ إِذَا سُئِلَ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ فَيَكِلُ الْعِلْمَ إِلَى اللَّهِ:

(44) Chapter. When a religious learned man is asked, “Who is the most learned person,” it is better for him to attribute or entrust absolute knowledge to Allah and to say, “Allah is the Most Learned (than anybody else).”

1 hadith · references 122–122

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Bukhari · 122قَامَ مُوسَى النَّبِيُّ خَطِيبًا فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ، فَسُئِلَ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ ؟ فَقَالَ : أَنَا أَعْلَمُ ، فَعَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ إِذْ لَمْ يَرُدَّ الْعِلْمَ إِلَيْهِ ، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّ عَI said to Ibn `Abbas, "Nauf-Al-Bakali claims that Moses (the companion of Khadir) was not the Moses of Bani Israel but he was another Moses." Ibn `Abbas remarked that the enemy of Allah (Nauf) was a liar. Narrated Ubai b6 narrators