On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to say: "O Allah, benefit me with what You have taught me, and teach me what will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge, and praise be to Allah in every situation." (1)

252 - Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Yunus ibn Muhammad and Surayj ibn al-Nu'man narrated to us, they said: Fulayh ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ma'mar Abu Tuwalah, from Sa'id ibn Yasar, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever learns knowledge by which the Face of Allah is sought, but does not learn it except to obtain thereby some worldly gain, he will not find the fragrance of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection" — meaning: its scent. (3)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is weak; Musa ibn Ubaydah — namely al-Rabadhi — is weak, and his shaykh Muhammad ibn Thabit is unknown.
It is found in the "Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah" 10/281.
It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhi (3916) via the path of Abdullah ibn Numayr, with this chain.
It will come later as numbers (3804) and (3833).
It has a good supporting witness from the hadith of Anas ibn Malik recorded by al-Tabarani in "al-Du'a" (1405), al-Hakim 1/510, and al-Bayhaqi in "al-Da'awat" (210), via the path of Usamah ibn Zayd al-Laythi, from Sulayman ibn Musa, from Makhul, that he entered upon Anas ibn Malik and said: I heard him mention that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to say: "O Allah, benefit me with what You have taught me, and teach me what will benefit me, and grant me knowledge by which You will benefit me."

(2) Thus it appears in our manuscript sources, and in the printed editions: "learns it."

(3) Its chain of transmission is good, Allah willing; Fulayh ibn Sulayman — although he was criticized — al-Bukhari selected hadiths from him on virtues and heart-softening matters, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy.
It is found in the "Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah" 8/731, and from it Abu Dawud recorded it (3664).
It is also found in the "Musnad of Ahmad" (8057) and the "Sahih of Ibn Hibban" (78).
It is supported by the hadith of Jabir coming later as number (254).