Hadith 33404

Chapter 49

باب 49

(49) باب مَنْ خَصَّ بِالْعِلْمِ قَوْمًا دُونَ قَوْمٍ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ لاَ يَفْهَمُوا

(49) Chapter: Whoever selected some people to teach them (religious) knowledge preferring them over others for fear that the others may not understand it
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حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَعْرُوفِ بْنِ خَرَّبُوذٍ عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ بِذَلِكَ.

Narrated Abu at-Tufail:
The above mentioned Statement of `Ali.

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 127

In-book reference: Book 3, Hadith 69

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 1, Book 3, Hadith 129