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Urwa b. Zubair reported that 'A'isha said to him:This news has reached me that 'Abdullah b. 'Amr al-'As would pass by us during the Hajj season, so you meet him and ask him (about religious matters) as he has acquired great knowledge from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I thus met him and asked him about things which he narrated from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). And amongst these the one he mentioned was that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: Verily, Allah does not take away knowledge from people directly but he takes away the scholars and consequently takes away (knowledge) along with them and leaves amongst persons the ignorant as their leaders who deliver religious verdicts without (adequate) knowledge and themselves go astray and lead others astray. 'Urwa said: When I narrated this to 'A'isha, she deemed it too much (to believe) and thus showed reluctance to accept that (as perfectly true) and said to, 'Urwa: Did he ('Abdullah b. 'Amr) say to you that he had heard Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: ('Urwa had forgotten to ask this from 'Abdullah b. 'Amr). So when it was the next year, she ('A'isha) said to him ('Urwa): Ibn Amr has come (for Hajj), so meet him. talk to him and ask him about this hadith that he narrated to You (last year on the occasion of the Hajj) pertaining to knowledge. He ('Urwa), said: So I met him, and asked about it and he narrated to me exactly like one that he had narrated (to me) for the first time. So when I informed her ('A'isha) about that, she said: I do not think but this that he has certainly told the truth and I find that be has neither made any addition to it, nor missed anything from it

حدثنا حرملة بن يحيى التجيبي، اخبرنا عبد الله بن وهب، حدثني ابو شريح، ان ابا الاسود، حدثه عن عروة بن الزبير، قال قالت لي عايشة يا ابن اختي بلغني انحمل عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم علما كثيرا - قال - فلقيته فساءلته عن اشياء يذكرها عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم . قال عروة فكان فيما ذكر ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " ان الله لا ينتزع العلم من الناس انتزاعا ولكن يقبض العلماء فيرفع العلم معهم ويبقي في الناس رءوسا جهالا يفتونهم بغير علم فيضلون ويضلون " . قال عروة فلما حدثت عايشة بذلك اعظمت ذلك وانكرته قالت احدثك انه سمع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول هذا قال عروة حتى اذا كان قابل قالت له ان ابن عمرو قد قدم فالقه ثم فاتحه حتى تساله عن الحديث الذي ذكره لك في العلم - قال - فلقيته فساءلته فذكره لي نحو ما حدثني به في مرته الاولى . قال عروة فلما اخبرتها بذلك قالت ما احسبه الا قد صدق اراه لم يزد فيه شييا ولم ينقص