حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَی عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَوْسِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَجْلِسُ يَسْمَعُ الْحِکْمَةَ ثُمَّ لَا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ إِلَّا بِشَرِّ مَا يَسْمَعُ کَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ أَتَی رَاعِيًا فَقَالَ يَا رَاعِي أَجْزِرْنِي شَاةً مِنْ غَنَمِکَ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَخُذْ بِأُذُنِ خَيْرِهَا فَذَهَبَ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِ کَلْبِ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَاهُ إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ فَذَکَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ فِيهِ بِأُذُنِ خَيْرِهَا شَاةً
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 4172
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: "The likeness of the one who sits and listens to wisdom then only speaks of the bad things that he has heard, is that of a man who comes to a shepherd and says: "0 shephered, give me one of your sheep to slaughter," and (the shepherd) says: Go and grab the ear of the best of them." Then he goes and grabs the ear of the sheepdog."(Da`if) Another chain with similar wording
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020