أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ رِئَابٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ :" اغْدُ عَالِمًا أَوْ مُتَعَلِّمًا، وَلَا تَغْدُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ، فَإِنَّ مَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ جَاهِلٌ، وَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَبْسُطُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِلرَّجُلِ غَدَا يَبْتَغِي الْعِلْمَ مِنْ الرِّضَاءِ بِمَا يَصْنَعُ "

Abu Al-Mughirah told us, Al-Awza’i told us, Harun bin Ri’ab told me, on the authority of Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him, that He used to say: “Become a scholar or a learner, and do not go tomorrow in between, for what is in between is ignorant, and the angels spread their wings to a man.” Tomorrow he seeks knowledge out of contentment with what he does.”