Solomon—peace be upon him—said, “My son, beware of disputation, for it brings no benefit and only breeds enmity among brothers.”

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr related, “I heard my father say, ‘Knowledge cannot be attained while the body is enjoying ease.’”

Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī transmitted—through al-Awzāʿī—from Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr, who said, “If you encounter an innovator on a road, take another road.”

Ibn Wahb reported: Someone who had heard al-Awzāʿī informed me—on the authority of Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr—that Solomon son of David said to his son, “Dreams are seldom true and often false; therefore hold fast to the Book of Allah, cling to it, and interpret by it alone.” (1)

ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated—from Maʿmar—who said: “Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr recounted some reports and then said, ‘Write for me the ḥadīth about such-and-such and the ḥadīth about such-and-such.’ I said, ‘Abū Naṣr, do you not dislike writing down knowledge?’ He replied, ‘Write it for me, for if you do not write you will have squandered it or proved incapable.’”

Aḥmad ibn Salāmah and ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad wrote to us, informing us from al-Mubārak ibn al-Mubārak; Abū ʿAlī Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Khaṭīb informed us; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar informed us; Abū Baḥr ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Bāghandī narrated to us; Abū ʿĀṣim narrated to us; Ḥajjāj al-Ṣawwāf narrated to us, from Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr, from ʿIkrimah, who said that Ḥajjāj ibn ʿUmar al-Anṣārī related that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Whoever suffers a fracture or becomes lame has exited the state [of consecration], and he must …”