أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَسْعَدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ : أَتَدْرِي كَيْفَ يُنْقَصُ الْعِلْمُ؟، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : كَمَا يُنْفَضُ الثَّوْبُ، وَكَمَا يَقْسُو الدِّرْهَمُ، قَالَ :" لَا، وَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَمِنْهُ، قَبْضُ الْعِلْمِ : قَبْضُ الْعُلَمَاءِ "

Muhammad bin Asaad told us, Abu Bakr told us, on the authority of Asim, on the authority of Abu Wael, he said: Hudhayfah, may God be pleased with him, said: Do you know how? Will knowledge be diminished? He said: I said: Just as a garment is shredded, and as a dirham hardens. He said: “No, and that is for him. The seizing of knowledge: the seizing of the scholars.”