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