أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا بَقِيَّةُ ، عَنْ السَّكَنِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ وَهْبَ بْنَ مُنَبِّهٍ ، يَقُولُ : " يَا بُنَيَّ،عَلَيْكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ، فَإِنَّ الْخَيْرَ فِي الْحِكْمَةِ كُلَّهُ، وَتُشَرِّفُ الصَّغِيرَ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ، وَالْعَبْدَ عَلَى الْحُرِّ، وَتُزِيدُ السَّيِّدَ سُؤْدُدًا، وَتُجْلِسُ الْفَقِيرَ مَجَالِسَ الْمُلُوكِ "

Al-Hakam bin Al-Mubarak told us, Baqiya told us, on the authority of Al-Sakan bin Umayr, he said: I heard Wahb bin Munabbih, saying: “Oh My son, you must be wise, for all goodness is in wisdom, and it ennobles the young over the old, and the slave over the free, and increases the master’s authority. And the poor will sit in the councils of kings.”