أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَجْمَعُ بَنِيهِ، فَيَقُولُ : " يَا بَنِيَّ ،تَعَلَّمُوا، فَإِنْ تَكُونُوا صِغَارَ قَوْمٍ، فَعَسَى أَنْ تَكُونُوا كِبَارَ آخَرِينَ، وَمَا أَقْبَحَ عَلَى شَيْخٍ يُسْأَلُ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ "

Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Abi Khalaf told us, Anas bin Iyadh told us, on the authority of Hisham bin Urwa, on the authority of his father, that he used to collect His sons, and he says: “My sons, learn. If you are the smallest of people, perhaps you will be great among others, and how ugly it is for an old man to be asked if he does not have science "