أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ ، قَالَ : بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ لُقْمَانَ الْحَكِيمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ لِابْنِهِ : " يَا بُنَيَّ،لَا تَعَلَّمْ الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ، أَوْ لِتُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ، أَوْ تُرَائِيَ بِهِ فِي الْمَجَالِسِ، وَلَا تَتْرُكْ الْعِلْمَ زُهْدًا فِيهِ وَرَغْبَةً فِي الْجَهَالَةِ، يَا بُنَيَّ، اخْتَرْ الْمَجَالِسَ عَلَى عَيْنِكَ، وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ قَوْمًا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ، فَاجْلِسْ مَعَهُمْ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تَكُنْ عَالِمًا يَنْفَعْكَ عِلْمُكَ، وَإِنْ تَكُنْ جَاهِلًا يُعَلِّمُوكَ، وَلَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِرَحْمَتِهِ فَيُصِيبَكَ بِهَا مَعَهُمْ، وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ قَوْمًا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ، فَلَا تَجْلِسْ مَعَهُمْ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تَكُنْ عَالِمًا لَا يَنْفَعْكَ عِلْمُكَ، وَإِنْ تَكُنْ جَاهِلًا زَادُوكَ عَيًّا، وَلَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِعَذَابٍ فَيُصِيبَكَ مَعَهُمْ "

Al-Hakam bin Nafi informed us, Shuaib bin Abi Hamza informed us, on the authority of Ibn Abi Husayn, on the authority of Shahr bin Hawshab, he said: He informed me Luqman the Wise used to say to his son: “O my son, do not learn knowledge to brag about it to the scholars, or to compete with the foolish, or to show off with it in the world.” Assemblies, and do not abandon knowledge out of asceticism and desire for ignorance. O my son, choose assemblies before your eyes, and when you see a people mentioning By God, sit with them, for if you are knowledgeable, your knowledge will benefit you, and if you are ignorant, they will teach you, and perhaps God will bestow upon them His mercy. Then it will afflict you with them, and if you see a people who do not remember God, do not sit with them, for if you are a scholar, your knowledge will not benefit you. And if you are ignorant, they will increase your weakness, and perhaps God will bring down upon them a torment and afflict you with them.”