أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُدَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ قَابُوسَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ :" هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا ذَهَابُ الْعِلْمِ؟، قُلْنَا : لَا، قَالَ : ذَهَابُ الْعُلَمَاءِ "

Muhammad bin Al-Salt told us, Abu Kudaynah told us, on the authority of Qaboos, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him, he said: “Do you know What is the disappearance of knowledge? We said: No. He said: The disappearance of scholars.