Sahih al-Bukhari 125
The Statement of Allah Ta'ala: "And of knowledge you (mankind) have been given only a little"
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حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ
بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي خَرِبِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَهُوَ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ مَعَهُ فَمَرَّ بِنَفَرٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ سَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ تَسْأَلُوهُ لاَ يَجِيءُ فِيهِ بِشَىْءٍ تَكْرَهُونَهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ مَا الرُّوحُ فَسَكَتَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ فَقُمْتُ فَلَمَّا انْجَلَى عَنْهُ قَالَ {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتُيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً} قَالَ الأَعْمَشُ هَكَذَا فِي قِرَاءَتِنَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Qays b. Ḥafṣ
- ʿAbd al-Wāḥid
- al-Aʿmash Sulaymān
- Ibrāhīm
- ʿAlqamah
- ʿAbdullāh
While I was going with the Prophet ﷺ through the ruins of Medina and he was reclining on a date-palm leaf stalk, some Jews passed by. Some of them said to the others: Ask him (the Prophet) about the spirit. Some of them said that they should not ask him that question as he might give a reply which would displease them. But some of them insisted on asking, and so one of them stood up and asked, "O Abul-Qasim ! What is the spirit?" The Prophet ﷺ remained quiet. I thought he was being inspired Divinely. So I stayed till that state of the Prophet (while being inspired) was over. The Prophet ﷺ then said, "And they ask you (O Muhammad) concerning the spirit --Say: The spirit -- its knowledge is with my Lord. And of knowledge you (mankind) have been given only a little)." (17.85)
Notes
قَالَ الأَعْمَشُ هَكَذَا فِي قِرَاءَتِنَا
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Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 4721Sahih Muslim 2794bSahih Muslim 2794cMusnad Ahmad 4248Musnad al-Bazzar 1541Musnad al-Bazzar 1967
Narrators
- One of the earliest and foremost (al-sābiqūn al-awwalūn), and one of the leading scholars among the Companions; his virtues are manyd. 28 AH, or 32 AH, 33 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍمن السابقين الأولين ، ومن كبار العلماء من الصحابة ، مناقبه جمةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt), jurist, devout worshipperd. 61 AH, or 62 AH, or 65 AH, or 72 AH, or 73 AH, also said: 63 AHعَلْقَمَةَثقة ثبت فقيه عابدعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), except that he often narrates with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 96 AHإِبْرَاهِيمَثقة إلا أنه يرسل كثيراعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable in the recitations (qirāʾāt), scrupulous (wariʿ), but he practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAwānah said, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Dāwūd: 147 AH. Wakīʿ said, and more than one: 148 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Also said: 145 AHالْأَعْمَشُ سُلَيْمَانُثقة حافظ , عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلسحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah); there is some criticism concerning his narrations from al-Aʿmash aloned. 176 AH, or 177 AH, or 179 AHعَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِثقة ، في حديثه عن الأعمش وحده مقالحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), with some unique narrations (afrād)d. 227 AHقَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍثقة له أفرادحدثنا
- a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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