الدنيا ملعونة ملعون ما فيها إلا ذكر الله تعالى وما والاه وعالما أو متعلما

رياض الصالحين بالعربية والإنجليزية - (ج 1 / ص 1761)

 وعنه رضي الله عنه قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يقول : [ الدنيا ملعونة ملعون ما فيها إلا ذكر الله تعالى وما والاه وعالما أو متعلما ] رواه الترمذي وقال حديث حسن

قوله [ وما والاه ] : أي طاعة الله تعالى

Translate:

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "The world, with all that it contains, is accursed except for the remembrance of Allah that which pleases Allah; and the religious scholars and seekers of knowledge.''

[At-Tirmidhi].

Commentary:

This Hadith has already been mentioned. It does not mean that this world, and whatever is in it, is really cursed. What it in fact means is that such things of this world are cursed which make a person negligent of the remembrance of Allah; or it is cursed for those who in their whole life do not remember Allah. This Hadith has been mentioned in the present chapter, which relates to knowledge for the reason that acquisition of knowledge is essential to know that such and such work will be a source of winning the Pleasure of Allah and such and such act will incur His displeasure. This is the reason the teacher and the learner have been included in the exemptions from the curse.

The earliest extant work on the Hadith, Sahifah Hammam ibn Munabbih: Comprising as-Sahifah as-sahihah of Abu-Hurairah (d. 58 H./677) prepared for his pupil ... Centre culturel islamique, Paris ; no. 2/c)