How authentic is the Hadith: "The seeker of knowledge among the ignorant is like the living among the dead"?
The hadith: "The seeker of knowledge among the ignorant is like the living among the dead" is weak due to a断裂 (interruption) in its chain of narration. It was transmitted by Al-Askari as a mursal narration from Hassan ibn Abi Sinan, and Al-Albani declared it weak.
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