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899 – ʿAbd Allah related to us; my father related to me; Wakīʿ related to us; Sufyān related to us; ʿAmr b. ʿAmr, Abū al-Zaʿrāʾ, related to us, from his uncle Abū al-Aḥwaṣ, who said: ʿAbd Allah said, “No one is born a scholar; knowledge is gained only by learning.”
٨٩٩ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَمْرٍو أَبُو الزَّعْرَاءِ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ أَحَدًا لَا يُوَلَدُ عَالِمًا، وَإِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ بِالتَّعَلُّمِ "