Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ هِشَامٍ أَمْلَاهُ عَلَيْنَا حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو مِنْ فِيهِ إِلَى فِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعًا يَنْتَزِعُهُ مِنْ النَّاسِ وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ بِقَبْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَتْرُكْ عَالِمًا اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُؤَسَاءَ جُهَّالًا فَسُئِلُوا فَأَفْتَوْا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَضَلُّوا وَأَضَلُّوا.
English Translation
Yahya narrated from Hisham — he dictated it to us — my father narrated to me: I heard Abdullah ibn Amr directly saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying: Indeed Allah does not take away knowledge by snatching it from people, but He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars, until when no scholar remains, people take ignorant ones as leaders. They are asked and they give verdicts without knowledge. So they go astray and lead others astray.