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Musnad Uthman ibn Affan

مُسْنَدُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي قُرَّةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ، يَقُولُ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَنْ نَشَاءُ قَالَ بِالْعِلْمِ قُلْتُ مَنْ حَدَّثَكَ قَالَ زَعَمَ ذَاكَ زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ‏.‏

English Translation

`Ubaid bin Abi Qurrah said:

I heard Malik bin Anas say: `We raise whom We will in degrees` |al-An’am 6.83). He said: by means of knowledge. I said: Who told you that? He said. Zaid bin Aslam said that.