أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَّامٌ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْهَزْهَازِ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ الضَّحَّاكِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ :" اغْدُ عَالِمًا، أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا، وَلَا خَيْرَ فِيمَا سِوَاهُمَا "

Al-Mu'alla bin Asad told us, Salam, he is the son of Abi Muti', told us, he said: I heard Abu Al-Hazzaz speaking, on the authority of Al-Dahhak, he said: He said Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him: “Become a scholar or a learner, and there is no good in anything else.”