أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ :" مَا لِي أَرَى عُلَمَاءَكُمْ يَذْهَبُونَ وَجُهَّالَكُمْ لَا يَتَعَلَّمُونَ؟ ! فَتَعَلَّمُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ، فَإِنَّ رَفْعَ الْعِلْمِ ذَهَابُ الْعُلَمَاءِ "

Muhammad ibn al-Salt informed us, on the authority of Mansour ibn Abi al-Aswad, on the authority of Husayn, on the authority of Salem ibn Abi al-Ja’d, on the authority of Abu al-Darda’, may God be pleased with him. On his authority, he said: “Why should I see your scholars leaving while your ignorant people do not learn? So learn before knowledge is raised, for if knowledge is raised… The departure of the scholars