Muwatta Malik: Chapter 59

كتاب العلم

Knowledge

Muwatta 59.1

باب مَا جَاءَ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ

Muwatta 59.2
Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Luqman al-Hakim
made his will and counselled his son, saying, "My son! Sit with the
learned men and keep close to them. Allah gives life to the hearts
with the light of wisdom as Allah gives life to the dead earth with
the abundant rain of the sky."

حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٌ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ لُقْمَانَ الْحَكِيمَ، أَوْصَى ابْنَهُ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَىَّ جَالِسِ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَزَاحِمْهُمْ بِرُكْبَتَيْكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْيِي الْقُلُوبَ بِنُورِ الْحِكْمَةِ كَمَا يُحْيِي اللَّهُ الأَرْضَ الْمَيْتَةَ بِوَابِلِ السَّمَاءِ