أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ هَارُونَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ :" مَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ، يَتَذَاكَرُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ، إِلَّا أَظَلَّتْهُمْ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا، حَتَّى يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ، وَمَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَبْتَغِي بِهِ الْعِلْمَ، سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ طَرِيقَهُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَمَنْ أَبْطَأَ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ، لَمْ يُسْرِعْ بِهِ نَسَبُهُ "

Bishr ibn Thabit informed us, Shu`bah informed us, on the authority of Yazid ibn Abi Khalid, on the authority of Harun, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him. God, on his authority, said: “Whenever a people gathers in one of God’s houses, remembering the Book of God and discussing it among themselves, the angels overshadow them.” With its wings, so that they engage in the conversation of others, and whoever follows a path seeking knowledge, God will make his path to Paradise easy, and whoever delays it His work was not hastened by his lineage.”