وَعَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ: مَنْهُومٌ فِي الْعِلْمِ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْهُ وَمَنْهُومٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْهَا «
he who is greedy for knowledge can never get enough of it, and he who is greedy for worldly goods can never get enough of them. Baihaqi transmitted the three traditions in Shuab al-iman, and quoted the imam Ahmad as saying about Abu Dardas tradition, “This is a well-known text among the people, but it does not have a sound isnad.”
Mishkat al-Masabih 246, Book 3, Knowledge, Hadith 57. 1 min read