31. ✧ Knowledge
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3613No grade recorded
يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ أَتَدْرِي أَيُّ عُرَى الْإِيمَانِ أَوْثَقُ ؟، فَقُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، حَتَّى قَالَ لِي ثَلَاثًا، قَالَ ﷺ: فَإِنَّ أَوْثَقَ عُرَى الْإِيمَانِ الْحُبُّ فِي اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَالْبُغْضُ فِي اللهِ تَعَالَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ لِي: يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ ﷺ: أَتَدْرِي أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ ؟، قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا، قَالَ ﷺ: فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَهُمْ عِلْمًا إِذَا فَقِهُوا فِي دِينِهِمْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ: يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ ﷺ: أَتَدْرِي أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ ؟، حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا، قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ ﷺ: أَعْلَمُهُمْ أَبْصَرُهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُقَصِّرًا فِي الْعَمَلِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ يَزْحَفُ عَلَى اسْتِهِ
✧ O Ibn Mas'ud, do you know which of the bonds of faith is firmest? I said: 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah, Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said this to me three times. He ﷺ said: 'Indeed, the firmest bond of faith is love for the sake of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and hatred for the sake of Allah, Exalted.' Then he ﷺ said to me: 'O Ibn Mas'ud.' I said: 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah.' He ﷺ said: 'Do you know which of the people is most virtuous?' I said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best,' until he said it three times. He ﷺ said: 'Indeed, the most virtuous of them in knowledge is the one who has understanding in their religion.' Then he ﷺ said: 'O Ibn Mas'ud.' I said: 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah.' He ﷺ said: 'Do you know which of the people is most knowledgeable?' until he said it three times. I said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He ﷺ said: 'The most knowledgeable of them is the one who sees the truth most clearly when people differ, even if he is deficient in deeds, and even if he crawls on his backside.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3614No grade recorded
وَقَالَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا الصَّعْقُ، فَذَكَرَهُ مُخْتَصَرًا.:
✧ Al-Tayalisi said: Al-Sa'q narrated to us, and he mentioned it in abbreviated form.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3615No grade recorded
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الصَّعْقُ، كَذَلِكَ.:
✧ Abu Ya'la said: Shayban narrated to us, al-Sa'q narrated to us, likewise.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3616No grade recorded
فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَجْمَعَ أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ
✧ Indeed, Allah, Exalted, would not gather the nation of Muhammad ﷺ upon misguidance.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3617No grade recorded
وَإِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَجْمَعَ أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ
✧ And indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, would not gather the nation of Muhammad ﷺ upon misguidance.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3618No grade recorded
إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَجَارَكُمْ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ: أَنْ تَسْتَجْمِعُوا عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ كُلُّكُمْ، وَأَنْ يَظْهَرَ أَهْلُ الْبَاطِلِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْحَقِّ، وَأَنْ أَدْعُوَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِدَعْوَةٍ، فَتَهْلِكُوا، وَأَبْدَلَكُمَ بِهَذَا بِالدَّابَّةِ، وَالدَّجَّالِ، وَالدُّخَانِ.
✧ Indeed, Allah, Exalted, has protected you from three things: that you all agree upon misguidance, that the people of falsehood prevail over the people of truth, and that I supplicate against you with a supplication that would destroy you. And He has replaced this with the Beast, the Dajjal, and the Smoke.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3619No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ: إِنَّكَ تُحَدِّثُنِي فَأَسْنِدْهُ لِي، قَالَ: مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ، فَقَدْ
✧ I said to Ibrahim: "You narrate to me, so give me its chain." He said: "Whatever I said to you as 'Abdullah said,' then [it is]..."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3620No grade recorded
مَا يَسُرُّنِي بِاخْتِلَافِ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حُمْرُ النَّعَمِ، لِأَنَّا إِنْ أَخَذْنَا بِقَوْلِ هَؤُلَاءِ أَصَبْنَا، وَإِنْ أَخَذْنَا بِقَوْلِ هَؤُلَاءِ أَصَبْنَا
✧ It would not please me for the disagreement among the Companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ to be [as valuable as] red camels, because if we take the saying of these we are right, and if we take the saying of those we are right.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3621No grade recorded
إِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، وَأُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ ؓ، اخْتَلَفَا فِي الرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ ؓ: يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ: فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمَا، فَقَالَ: رَجُلَانِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ اخْتَلَفَا فِي فُتْيَا وَاحِدَةٍ، فَبِأَيِّ الْقَوْلَيْنِ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا إِنَّ الْقَوْلَ مَا قَالَ أُبَيٌّ ؓ، وَلَمْ يَأْلُ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ
✧ Ibn Mas'ud and Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ disagreed about a man praying. Ubayy ؓ said: "He prays in one garment," and Ibn Mas'ud ؓ said: "In two garments." This reached 'Umar ؓ, so he sent for them and said: "Two men from the Companions of the Messenger of God ﷺ have disagreed on a single ruling; by which of the two sayings should the people act?" Then he said: "Verily, the saying is what Ubayy ؓ said, and Ibn Mas'ud did not fall short."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3622No grade recorded
سُئِلَ عَمَّارٌ ؓ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ، فَقَالَ: كَانَ هَذَا بَعْدُ ؟ قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: دَعُونَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ، فَإِذَا كَانَ بَحَثْنَاهَا لَكُمْ
✧ 'Ammar ؓ was asked about a matter, and he said: "Has this happened yet?" They said: "No." He said: "Leave us until it happens; when it happens, we will examine it for you."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3623No grade recorded
لَا تَعْجَلُوا بِالْبَلِيَّةِ قَبْلَ نُزُولِهَا، فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا لَمْ يَنْفَكَّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ إِذَا قَالَ وُفِّقَ، أَوْ قَالَ: سُدِّدَ، وَإِنَّكُمْ إِنِ اسْتَعْجَلْتُمْ بِالْبَلِيَّةِ قَبْلَ نُزُولِهَا ذَهَبَ بِكُمُ السَّبِيلُ هَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا
✧ Do not hasten toward a calamity before it descends, for if you do not, there will not cease to be among the Muslims someone who, when he speaks, is granted success, or is guided aright. But if you hasten toward the calamity before it descends, the path will lead you astray here and there.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3624No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ طَاوُسًا عَنْ شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ: أَكَانَ هَذَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا أَخْبَرُونَا، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ؓ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوا بِالْبَلِيَّةِ قَبْلَ نُزُولِهَا
✧ I asked Tawus about something, and he said: "Has this happened?" I said: "Yes." He said: "Our companions informed us from Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ that he said: 'Do not hasten toward a calamity before it descends.'"
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3625No grade recorded
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أُبَيٍّ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي مَا رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو أَمْسِ، فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَفُوتُنِي، فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ تَسْأَلَهُ لِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَاسْتَفْتِهِ أَنْتَ، قَالَ: وَعَبْدُ اللهِ قَائِمٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ فُسْطَاطِهِ، إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى الْفَضَاءِ، فَأَتَاهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ، قَالَ
✧ I was with Ubayy when a man came and said: "I did not see 'Abdullah b. 'Amr yesterday, and I fear he may elude me, so I would like you to ask him something for me." He said: "Go and ask him yourself." He said: "'Abdullah was standing in front of his tent when a man came out to the open area, went to him, then returned."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3626No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْمُلَائِيِّ: اكْتُبْ لِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ، فَقَالَ: لَا، إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيَّ قَالَ: لَا تَكْتُبُوا فَتَتَّكِلُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: قَالَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ: خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نَكْتُبُ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا يَا مُعَاذُ ؟ قُلْنَا: سَمِعْنَاهُ مِنْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ ﷺ: يَكْفِيكُمْ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ مِمَّا سِوَاهُ فَمَا كَتَبْنَا شَيْئًا بَعْدُ
✧ I said to 'Amr b. Qays al-Mula'i: "Write this hadith for me." He said: "No, for Ibrahim al-Nakha'i said: 'Do not write, lest you rely on it.' Then Ibrahim said: 'Mu'adh b. Jabal ؓ said: The Messenger of God ﷺ came out to us while we were writing some hadith, and he said: "What is this, O Mu'adh?" We said: "We heard it from you, O Messenger of God." He ﷺ said: "This Quran suffices you from anything else." So we did not write anything after that.'"
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3627No grade recorded
كَتَبْتُ عَنْ أَبِي كِتَابًا، فَقَالَ أَبِي: لَوْلَا أَنَّ فِيهِ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ تَعَالَى لَأَحْرَقْتُهُ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمِرْكَنٍ أَوْ إِجَّانَةِ نَفْسُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: عَنِّي عَنِّي، مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنِّي فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَكْتُبْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كِتَابًا، فَقَالَ: كِدْتَ أَنْ تُهْلِكَ أَبَاكَ
✧ I wrote a book from my father, and my father said: "Were it not that it contains a verse from the Book of God Almighty, I would have burned it." Then he called for a washing tub or a large vessel himself, then said: "Away from me, away from me. Whatever you heard from me, I did not write down any book from the Messenger of God ﷺ." He said: "You nearly destroyed your father."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3628No grade recorded
كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ ؓ إِذْ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ مَسْكَنُهُ بِالسُّوسِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَنْتَ فُلَانُ ابْنُ فُلَانٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَضَرَبَهُ بِعَصًا مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: مَا لِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: اجْلِسْ، فَجَلَسَ، فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، الر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ إِنَّا أَنْـزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ، الْآيَةَ، فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَضَرَبَهُ ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: مَا لِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي نَسَخْتَ كِتَابَ دَانْيَالَ ؟ قَالَ: مُرْنِي بِأَمْرِكَ أَتَّبِعْهُ، قَالَ ؓ: انْطَلِقْ فَامْحُهُ بِالْحَمِيمِ وَالصُّوفِ الْأَبْيَضِ، ثُمَّ لَا تَقْرَأْهُ أَنْتَ، وَلَا تُقْرِئْهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَلَإِنْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ قَرَأْتَهُ أَوْ أَقْرَأْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَأَهْلَكْتُكَ عُقُوبَةً، ثُمَّ قَالَ ؓ لَهُ: اجْلِسْ، فَجَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ. قَالَ: انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا، فَانْتَسَخْتُ كِتَابًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بِهِ فِي أَدِيمٍ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا هَذَا الَّذِي فِي يَدِكَ يَا عُمَرُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: كِتَابٌ نَسَخْتُهُ لِنَزْدَادَ بِهِ عِلْمًا إِلَى عِلْمِنَا، قَالَ: فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى احْمَرَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ، ثُمَّ نُودِيَ بِالصَّلَاةِ جَامِعَةً، فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ: أُغْضِبَ نَبِيُّكُمُ، السِّلَاحَ السِّلَاحَ فَجَاؤُوا حَتَّى أَحْدَقُوا بِمِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ أَتَيْتُكُمْ بِهَا بَيْضَاءَ نَقِيَّةً، فَلَا تَتَهَوَّكُوا، وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْمُتَهَوِّكُونَ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: فَقُمْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: رَضِيتُ بِاللهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا، وَبِكَ رَسُولًا، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ I was sitting with 'Umar ؓ when a man from 'Abd al-Qays whose residence was in al-Sus was brought to him. 'Umar ؓ said to him: "Are you so-and-so son of so-and-so, the 'Abdi?" He said: "Yes." He struck him with a stick he had. The man said: "What is my fault, O Commander of the Faithful?" 'Umar ؓ said to him: "Sit down." He sat down. Then he recited to him: "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the clear Book. Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Quran so that you may understand. We relate to you the best of stories..." He recited it to him three times and struck him three times. The man said: "What is my fault, O Commander of the Faithful?" He said: "Are you the one who copied the Book of Daniel?" He said: "Command me with your command and I will follow it." He ؓ said: "Go and erase it with hot water and white wool. Then do not read it yourself, nor teach it to anyone among the Muslims. If it reaches me that you have read it or taught it to any Muslim, I will destroy you as a punishment." Then he ؓ said to him: "Sit down." He sat before him. He said: "I went and copied a book from the People of the Book, then brought it in a piece of leather. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: 'What is this in your hand, O 'Umar?' I said: 'O Messenger of God, a book I copied to add knowledge to our knowledge.' The Messenger of God ﷺ became angry until his eyes reddened. Then the call to prayer was made: 'Gather for prayer.' The Ansar said: 'Your Prophet has been angered! To arms! To arms!' They came and surrounded the pulpit of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: 'I brought it to you white and pure, so do not be confused, and let not the confused deceive you.' 'Umar ؓ said: 'I stood up and said: I am content with God as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with you as Messenger.' Then the Messenger of God ﷺ descended."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3629No grade recorded
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَعِيَ حَدِيثَكَ، وَلَا يَعِيهِ قَلْبِي، فَأَسْتَعِينُ بِيَمِينِي ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: إِنْ شِئْتَ
✧ I said: "O Messenger of God, I would like to retain your hadith, but my heart cannot retain it, so may I use my right hand to help?" He ﷺ said: "If you wish."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3630No grade recorded
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أُقَيِّدُ الْعِلْمَ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ
✧ I said: "O Messenger of God, should I record knowledge in writing?" He ﷺ said: "Yes."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3631No grade recorded
مَا كُنَّا نَكْتُبُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْأَحَادِيثِ إِلَّا التَّشَهُّدَ وَالِاسْتِخَارَةَ
✧ We did not write anything of the hadiths in the era of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except the tashahhud and the istikhara.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3632No grade recorded
كُنَّا إِذَا أَكْثَرْنَا عَلَى أَنَسٍ ؓ فِي الْحَدِيثِ أَتَانَا بِمَخَالِي لَهُ، فَأَلْقَاهَا إِلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ أَحَادِيثُ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَتَبْتُهَا، وَعَرَفْتُهَا
✧ When we asked Anas ؓ many questions about hadith, he would bring us some old sacks of his, throw them to us, and say: 'These are hadiths that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wrote down, and memorized.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3633No grade recorded
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ: فَكُنْتُ أَكْتُبُ بَعْضَ مَا أَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ، فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُفَارِقَهُ، جِئْتُ بِالْكُتُبِ، فَقَرَأْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: هَذَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْكَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ
✧ I was with Abu Hurayrah ؓ. He said: I used to write down some of what I heard from him. When I wanted to leave him, I brought the writings and read them to him, and said: 'Did I hear this from you?' He said: 'Yes.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3634No grade recorded
كَتَبْتُ مِنْ فِيهَا، يَعْنِي فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ قَيْسٍ، كِتَابًا
✧ I wrote from her mouth – meaning Fatimah bt. Qays – a book.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3635No grade recorded
مَنْ بَلَغَهُ عَنِ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فَضِيلَةٌ فَلَمْ يُصَدِّقْ بِهَا لَمْ يَنَلْهَا
✧ Whoever hears of a virtue from Allah, Blessed and Exalted, and does not believe in it will not attain it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3636No grade recorded
أَنَّ حَفْصَةَ، جَاءَتْ بِكِتَابٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ قَصَصِ يُوسُفَ، فَجَعَلَتْ تَقْرَأُهُ، وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَلَوَّنُ وَجْهُهُ، وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَوْ أَنْ أَتَاكُمْ يُوسُفُ فَاتَّبَعْتُمُوهُ وَتَرَكْتُمُونِي لَضَلَلْتُمْ
✧ Hafsah brought a book to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ containing stories of Yusuf, and began to read it. The Prophet ﷺ's face kept changing color, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, if Yusuf had come to you and you followed him and abandoned me, you would have gone astray.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3637No grade recorded
مِنْ فِقْهِ الْمَرْءِ مَمْشَاهُ، وَمَدْخَلُهُ، وَمَخْرَجُهُ
✧ Part of a person's understanding is his walking, his entering, and his exiting.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3638No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَافَ أَنْ يَنْسَى شَيْئًا، رَبَطَ فِي يَدِهِ خَيْطًا يَسْتَذْكِرُ بِهِ
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ feared that he might forget something, he would tie a thread on his hand to remind himself.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3639No grade recorded
إِذَا خَشِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَنْسَى، فَلْيَقُلِ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ مُذَكِّرِ النَّاسِي
✧ If one of you fears forgetting, let him say: 'Praise be to Allah, the Reminder of the forgetful.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3640No grade recorded
تَرِّبُوا الْكِتَابَ أَنْجَحُ لَهُ
✧ Dust the book; it is more successful for it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3641No grade recorded
مَثَلُ عِلْمٍ لَا يُقَالُ بِهِ كَمَثَلِ كَنْزٍ لَا يُنْفَقُ مِنْهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
✧ The example of knowledge that is not spoken of is like the example of a treasure from which nothing is spent in the way of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3642No grade recorded
مَنْ سُئِلَ عَنْ عِلْمٍ، فَكَتَمَهُ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مُلْجَمًا بِلِجَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ... وَمَنْ قَالَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مُلْجَمًا بِلِجَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ
✧ Whoever is asked about knowledge and conceals it will come on the Day of Resurrection bridled with a bridle of fire... And whoever speaks about the Qur'an without knowledge will come on the Day of Resurrection bridled with a bridle of fire.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3643No grade recorded
لَا تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهُوا بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ، وَلَا لِتُمَارُوا بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ، وَلَا لِتُحَيِّرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ فِي النَّارِ
✧ Do not seek knowledge in order to vie with the scholars, nor to dispute with the foolish, nor to attract people's attention. Whoever does that will be in the Fire.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3644No grade recorded
إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُسْأَلُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَنْ فَضْلِ عَمَلِهِ، كَمَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْ فَضْلِ مَالِهِ
✧ Indeed, a servant will be asked on the Day of Resurrection about the surplus of his deeds, just as he is asked about the surplus of his wealth.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3645No grade recorded
يَظْهَرُ الدِّينُ حَتَّى يَتَجَاوَزَ الْبِحَارَ، وَتُخَاضُ الْبِحَارُ بِالْخَيْلِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ أَقْوَامٌ، يَقْرَأُونَ الْقُرْآنَ، وَيَقُولُونَ: قَدْ قَرَأْنَا الْقُرْآنَ مَنْ أَقْرَأُ مِنَّا ؟ وَمَنْ أَفْقَهُ مِنَّا ؟ وَمَنْ أَعْلَمُ مِنَّا ؟، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ فِي أُولَئِكَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ ؟ قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: أُولَئِكَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ، وَأُولَئِكَ هُمْ وَقُودُ النَّارِ
✧ The religion will prevail until it crosses the seas, and seas will be crossed with horses in the path of Allah, exalted be He. Then after them will come people who recite the Quran and say: 'We have recited the Quran; who among us recites better? Who among us is more knowledgeable in fiqh? Who among us is more learned?' Then he turned to his companions and said: 'Is there any good in those?' They said: 'No.' He said: 'Those are from you, from this nation, and those are the fuel of the Fire.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3646No grade recorded
وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُبَيْدَةَ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ.:
✧ And Ishaq said: Ja'far b. 'Awn reported to us: Musa b. 'Ubaydah narrated to us, and he mentioned something similar.:
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3647No grade recorded
جَهِّزْنِي، فَإِنِّي خَارِجٌ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: فَجَاءَهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ وَقَدْ بَقِيَ بَعْضُ جِهَازِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَفَرَغْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: بَقِيَ شَيْءٌ يَسِيرٌ، قَالَ: فَإِنِّي خَارِجٌ، قُلْتُ: أَصْلَحَ اللهُ الْأَمِيرَ، لَوْ أَقَمْتَ حَتَّى يُفْرَغَ مِنْ بَقِيَّةِ جِهَازِكَ، فَقَالَ: لَا، إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ أَهْلِي، فَيَكْذِبُونِي، وَأَنْ أُخْلِفَهُمْ، فَيُخْلِفُونِي، وَأَنْ أَخُونَهُمْ، فَيَخُونُونِي
✧ Equip me, for I am leaving on such-and-such a day. He said: That day came to him while some of his equipment remained, so he said: Have you finished? I said: A little remains. He said: Then I am leaving. I said: May Allah set the commander aright; if you stayed until the rest of your equipment is finished. He said: No, I dislike lying to my family, for then they would lie to me, and I dislike breaking my promise to them, for then they would break their promises to me, and I dislike betraying them, for then they would betray me.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3648No grade recorded
مَنِ اسْتَنْبَطَ حَدِيثًا بَاطِلًا، فَهُوَ كَمَنْ حَدَّثَ بِهِ، قِيلَ: وَكَيْفَ يَسْتَنْبِطُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَلْقَى الرَّجُلَ، فَيَقُولُ: كَانَ ذَيْتَ وَذَيْتَ، فَيَفْتَتِحُهُ، فَلَا يَكُونَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ مِفْتَاحًا لِلشَّرِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ
✧ Whoever fabricates a false hadith is like one who narrates it. It was said: How does he fabricate it? He ﷺ said: It is a man who meets another man and says: It was such-and-such, and thus opens the way for him. Let none of you be a key to evil and falsehood.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3649No grade recorded
لَقَّنْتُ سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَلْقَمَةَ حَدِيثًا، فَحَدَّثَنِي بِهِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَكْذِبَ صَاحِبَكَ، فَلَقِّنْهُ
✧ I dictated a hadith to Salamah b. 'Alqamah, and he narrated it to me. Then he returned and said: If you want your companion to lie, dictate to him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3650No grade recorded
كَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ يَتَحَدَّثُ فَيَضْحَكُ، فَإِذَا جَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ خَشَعَ
✧ Muhammad b. Sirin used to converse and laugh, but when the hadith came, he became reverent.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3651No grade recorded
كُنْتُ إِذَا جِئْتُ أَنَسًا ؓ دَعَا بِطِيبٍ فَيَمْسَحُ يَدَيْهِ وَعَارِضَيْهِ
✧ When I came to Anas ؓ, he would call for perfume and wipe his hands and cheeks with it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3652No grade recorded
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِلَيْكُمْ عَنِّي إِنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنِّي، وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَبْقَى حَتَّى يُفْتَقَرَ إِلَيَّ لَتَعَلَّمْتُ لَكُمْ، إِلَيْكُمْ عَنِّي
✧ O people, stay away from me! I was with those more knowledgeable than me, and if I knew that I would remain until I was needed, I would have learned for you. Stay away from me!
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3653No grade recorded
الْخَبَرُ الصَّالِحُ يَجِيءُ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ، وَالْخَبَرُ السُّوءُ يَجِيءُ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ السُّوءُ
✧ The good report is brought by a righteous man, and the bad report is brought by a bad man.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3654No grade recorded
لَا يَخْطَلُ الرَّجُلُ
✧ A man does not become senile.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3655No grade recorded
مَنْ بَلَغَهُ عَنِ اللهِ تَعَالَى فَضِيلَةٌ، فَلَمْ يُصَدِّقْ بِهَا لَمْ يَنَلْهَا
✧ Whoever hears of a virtue from Allah, the Exalted, and does not believe in it will not attain it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3656No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَادِيثَ سَمِعْتُهَا وَحَفِظْتُهَا، فَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ يُحَدَّثَ بِهَا، إِلَّا أَنِّي أَرَى أَصْحَابِي يُخَالِفُونِي فِيهَا
✧ I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hadiths that I heard and memorized. Nothing prevents me from narrating them except that I see my companions contradicting me regarding them.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3657No grade recorded
تَحَدَّثُوا ; فَالْحَدِيثُ يُذَكِّرُ الْحَدِيثَ
✧ Discuss, for discussion reminds one of other hadiths.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3658No grade recorded
كُنَّا نَأْتِي أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ ؓ، فَيَقُولُ: تَحَدَّثُوا ; فَإِنَّ الْحَدِيثَ يُهَيِّجُ الْحَدِيثَ
✧ We used to come to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri ؓ and he would say: Discuss, for discussion stirs up other hadiths.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3659No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي سَعِيدٍ ؓ: أَكْتِبْنَا، قَالَ: لَنْ أُكْتِبَكُمْ، خُذُوا عَنِّي كَمَا كُنَّا نَأْخُذُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَكَانَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ؓ يَقُولُ: تَحَدَّثُوا ; فَإِنَّ الْحَدِيثَ يُذَكِّرُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا
✧ I said to Abu Sa'id ؓ: Write down for us. He said: I will never write for you; take from me as we used to take from the Prophet ﷺ. And Abu Sa'id ؓ used to say: Discuss, for hadith reminds one of another hadith.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3660No grade recorded
أَطِيلُوا ذِكْرَ الْحَدِيثِ حَتَّى لَا يَدْرُسَ
✧ Keep mentioning hadith so that it does not become obsolete.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3661No grade recorded
تَعْمَلُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةُ بُرْهَةً بِكِتَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، ثُمَّ تَعْمَلُ بُرْهَةً بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ تَعْمَلُ بِالرَّأْيِ، فَإِذَا عَمِلُوا بِالرَّأْيِ فَقَدْ ضَلُّوا وَأَضَلُّوا
✧ This community will act for a time according to the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, then act for a time according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then act according to opinion. When they act according to opinion, they have gone astray and led others astray.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3662No grade recorded
مَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ كَمَثَلِ شَاةٍ بَيْنَ رَبَضَيْنِ إِذَا أَتَتْ هَؤُلَاءِ نَطَحَتْهَا وَإِذَا أَتَتْ هَؤُلَاءِ نَطَحَتْهَا، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ: لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ بَيْنَ غَنَمَيْنِ فَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ: بَيْنَ رَبَضَيْنِ وَغَنَمَيْنِ وَاحِدٌ. فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ: لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُهُ لَمْ أَقُلْهُ
✧ The example of the hypocrite is like a sheep between two flocks: when it goes to these, they butt it, and when it goes to those, they butt it. Ibn Umar ؓ said: It is not like that; rather, he said, "between two herds of sheep." Ubayd b. Umayr said: "Between two flocks" and "between two herds of sheep" are the same. Ibn Umar ؓ said: Had I not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say it, I would not have said it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3663No grade recorded
أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ ؓ، كَانَ إِذَا حَدَّثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا قَالَ: هَكَذَا أَوْ شَكْلُهُ
✧ Abu al-Darda' ؓ, when he narrated a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, would say: "Like this or similar to it."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3664No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بِهِ.::
✧ Abu Abdullah al-Muqaddami narrated to us, Abdullah b. Dawud narrated to us with this chain.::
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3665No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بِهِ.:
✧ Muhammad b. Qudamah narrated to us, Ma'n b. Isa narrated to us, Mu'awiyah b. Salih narrated to us, from Rabi'ah b. Yazid with this chain.:
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3666No grade recorded
مَنْ يَقُلْ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ أَوِ ادَّعَى إِلَيَّ أَوِ انْتَمَى إِلَى غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهِ، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْ جَهَنَّمَ مَقْعَدًا قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَهَلْ لَهَا عَيْنَانِ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: نَعَمْ، أَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا إِلَى قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِذَا رَأَتْهُمْ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا فَكَفَفْنَا عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ حَتَّى أَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ شَأْنِنَا، فَقَالَ لَنَا: مَا لِي لَا أَسْمَعُكُمْ تَتَحَدَّثُونَ ؟ قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَكَيْفَ نَتَحَدَّثُ وَقَدْ قُلْتَ مَا قُلْتَ ؟ وَنَحْنُ لَا نُقِيمُ الْحَدِيثَ نُقَدِّمُ وَنُؤَخِّرُ، وَنَزِيدُ وَنُنْقِصُ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ عَنَيْتُ وَإِنَّمَا عَنَيْتُ مَنْ أَرَادَ عَيْبِي وَشَيْنَ الْإِسْلَامِ
✧ Whoever says about me what I did not say, or claims allegiance to me, or ascribes himself to other than his patrons, let him take his seat between the two eyes of Hell. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, does it have two eyes? He ﷺ said: Yes. Have you not heard the words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: "When it sees them from a distant place, they will hear its raging and roaring"? So we refrained from speaking until he noticed that about us and said: What is the matter that I do not hear you conversing? We said: O Messenger of Allah, how can we converse when you said what you said? We cannot relate the hadith exactly; we advance and delay, and we add and omit. He ﷺ said: I did not mean that; I meant the one who intends to find fault with me and to disgrace Islam.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3667No grade recorded
كُنْتُ مَعَ سَلْمَانَ ؓ فَمَرَرْنَا بِدِجْلَةَ فَقَالَ: يَا أَخَا بَنِي عَبْسٍ انْزِلْ، فَاشْرَبْ، فَنَزَلْتُ فَشَرِبْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: انْزِلْ، فَاشْرَبْ، فَنَزَلْتُ، فَشَرِبْتُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَخَا بَنِي عَبْسٍ مَا نَقَصَ شَرَابُكَ مِنْ دِجْلَةَ ؟ قُلْتُ: مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَنْقُصَ شَرَابِي مِنْ دِجْلَةَ ؟ قَالَ: كَذَلِكَ الْعِلْمُ لَا يَفْنَى فَعَلَيْكَ مِنْهُ بِمَا يَنْفَعُكَ
✧ I was with Salman ؓ when we passed by the Tigris. He said: 'O brother of Banu 'Abs, dismount and drink.' So I dismounted and drank. Then he said: 'Dismount and drink.' So I dismounted and drank. He said: 'O brother of Banu 'Abs, how much did your drinking diminish from the Tigris?' I said: 'How could my drinking diminish the Tigris?' He said: 'Likewise, knowledge does not perish, so take from it what benefits you.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3668No grade recorded
مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَقْضِي أَحَدُهُمَا نَهْمَتَهُ: مَنْهُومٌ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ لَا يَقْضِي نَهْمَتَهُ، وَمَنْهُومٌ فِي طَلَبِ الْمَالِ لَا يَقْضِي نَهْمَتَهُ
✧ There are two greedy types whose greed is never satisfied: one greedy for seeking knowledge, whose greed is never satisfied; and one greedy for seeking wealth, whose greed is never satisfied.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3669No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ ؓ وَهُوَ عِنْدَ الْجَمْرَةِ الْوُسْطَى وَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ يَسْتَفْتُونَهُ، فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ يَنْهَكَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَنِ الْفُتْيَا ؟ قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَرَقِيبٌ أَنْتَ عَلَيَّ ؟ لَوْ وَضَعْتُمُ الصَّمْصَامَةَ عَلَى هَذِهِ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى قَفَاهُ ثُمَّ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّنِي أُنْفِذُ كَلِمَةً سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُجِيزُوا عَلَيَّ لَأَنْفَذْتُهَا
✧ I came to Abu Dharr ؓ while he was at the middle Jamrah and the people had gathered asking him for legal verdicts. A man came and stood before him and said: 'Did not the Commander of the Faithful forbid you from giving legal verdicts?' He raised his head to him and said: 'Are you a watcher over me? If you were to place the sword upon this'—and he pointed to the back of his neck—'then I thought that I could convey a word I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ before you passed it upon me, I would convey it.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3670No grade recorded
خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا وَفِيهِ: وَمَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْعِلْمَ، وَتَوَاضَعَ فِي الْعِلْمِ، وَعَلَّمَهُ عِبَادَ اللهِ تَعَالَى يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ مَا عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَفْضَلُ ثَوَابًا وَلَا أَعْظَمُ مَنْزِلَةً مِنْهُ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلَةٌ وَلَا دَرَجَةٌ رَفِيعَةٌ نَفِيسَةٌ إِلَّا وَلَهُ فِيهَا أَوْفَرُ نَصِيبٍ وَأَوْفَرُ الْمَنَازِلِ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ الْعِلْمَ أَفْضَلُ الْعِبَادَةِ وَمِلَاكَ الدِّينِ الْوَرَعُ، وَإِنَّمَا الْعَالِمُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِعِلْمِهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ قَلِيلَ الْعِلْمِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon and mentioned a hadith, in which he said: 'Whoever learns knowledge, is humble in it, and teaches it to the servants of Allah, the Exalted, seeking thereby what is with Allah, Mighty and Majestic, there will be no one in Paradise with a greater reward or a higher station than him, nor will there be in Paradise any station or lofty degree, precious and valuable, except that he has in it the most abundant share and the most abundant of positions. Verily, knowledge is the best of worship, and the essence of religion is piety. The scholar is only the one who acts upon his knowledge, even if he has little knowledge.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3671No grade recorded
دَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ إِيلْيَا فَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَصَلَّى قَرِيبًا، فَمَالَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ، فَإِذَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ؓ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَنْ أَجِبْ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ هَذَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْهَانِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ كَمَا كَانَ أَبُوهُ يَنْهَانِي، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا
✧ I entered the mosque of Iliya and prayed two rak'ahs facing a pillar. A man came and prayed nearby, and the people inclined toward him. He was 'Abd Allah b. 'Amr b. al-'As ؓ. Then a messenger of Yazid b. Mu'awiyah came saying, 'Respond!' He said: 'This one wants to forbid me from narrating as his father used to forbid me. Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say...' Then he mentioned a hadith.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3672No grade recorded
سُئِلَ عُثْمَانُ ؓ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا مَرْفُوعًا، فِيهِ قَالَ: وَأَمَّا أَبُو جَادٍ: فَالْبَاءُ: بَهَاءُ اللهِ، وَالْجِيمُ: جَمَالُ اللهِ، وَالدَّالُ: دِينُ اللهِ ارْتَضَاهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَأَنْبِيَائِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَصَالِحِ خَلْقِهِ، وَأَمَّا هَوَّزْ: فَالْهَاءُ: هَوَانُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، وَالزَّايُ: زَفِيرُ جَهَنَّمَ عَلَى أَهْلِ أَعْدَاءِ اللهِ وَأَهْلِ الْمَعَاصِي. وَأَمَّا حُطِّي: فَحُطَّتْ عَنِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ خَطَايَاهُمْ بِالِاسْتِغْفَارِ، وَأَمَّا كَلَمُنْ: فَالْكَافُ: كَمَالُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَنَا وَعْدَهُ وَأَمَّا النُّونُ: فَالسَّمَكَةُ الَّتِي يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ كَبِدِهَا قَبْلَ دُخُولِهِمُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَمَّا سَعْفَصْ: فَصَاعٌ بِصَاعٍ وَفَصٌّ بِفَصٍّ، وَكَمَا تَدِينُ تُدَانُ، وَأَمَّا قَرَشَتْ: فَعُرِضُوا عَلَى الْحِسَابِ
✧ 'Uthman ؓ was asked, and he mentioned a hadith traced back to the Prophet, in which he said: 'As for Abu Jad: the Ba' is the splendor of Allah, the Jim is the beauty of Allah, and the Dal is the religion of Allah, which He approved for Himself, His angels, His prophets, His messengers, and His righteous creation. As for Hawaz: the Ha' is the disgrace of the people of the Fire, and the Za' is the roaring of Hell upon the enemies of Allah and the people of disobedience. As for Hutti: the sins of the sinners were wiped away by seeking forgiveness. As for Kalamun: the Kaf is the perfection of the people of Paradise, and they said: "Praise be to Allah, who has fulfilled His promise to us." As for the Nun: it is the fish from whose liver they will eat before entering Paradise. As for Sa'fas: a measure for a measure and a gem for a gem, and as you judge, you shall be judged. As for Qarashat: they were brought to account.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3673No grade recorded
إِذَا مَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا تَصْدِيقَهُ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا فِي أَخْلَاقِ النَّاسِ حَسَنًا فَإِنَّهُ كَاذِبٌ
✧ When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and you do not find its confirmation in the Book of Allah, the Exalted, nor do you find it good in the character of people, then it is false.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3674No grade recorded
وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَوْعِظَةً مَرِضَتْ مِنْهَا الْجُلُودُ، وَذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ، وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ فَقُلْنَا: كَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مَوْعِظَةُ وَدَاعٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا ؟ فَقَالَ ﷺ: أَنْ تَتَّقُوا اللهَ تَعَالَى، وَأَنْ تَتَّبِعُوا سُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةَ الْخُلَفَاءِ الْهَادِيَةَ الْمَهْدِيَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِي، وَعَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ، فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us an admonition that made the skins tremble, the eyes shed tears, and the hearts quake. We said: 'It is as if this is the admonition of one bidding farewell, O Messenger of Allah, so what do you enjoin upon us?' He ﷺ said: 'That you fear Allah, the Exalted, and that you follow my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided, rightly led successors after me. Bite onto it with the molar teeth, for every innovation is misguidance.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3675No grade recorded
خَطَبَنَا نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ خُطْبَةً
✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3676No grade recorded
إِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرَى ابْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ مَحْلُولَ زِرِّ قَمِيصِهِ فَسُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ
✧ He saw Ibn 'Umar ؓ with the button of his shirt undone. He was asked about that, and he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing it.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3677No grade recorded
مَنْ أَحْيَا سُنَّةً مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَعَمِلُوا بِهَا النَّاسُ، كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا، وَمَنِ ابْتَدَعَ فَعُمِلَ بِهَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ أَوْزَارُ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَوْزَارِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا شَيْئًا
✧ Whoever revives a Sunnah from my Sunnah and people act upon it, he will have the reward of those who act upon it, without their rewards being diminished in anything. And whoever introduces an innovation and it is acted upon, he will bear the burdens of those who act upon it, without their burdens being diminished in anything.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3678No grade recorded
وَقَالَ عَبْدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ بِهِ.::
✧ 'Abd said: Zayd b. al-Hubab narrated to us with it.::
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3679No grade recorded
خَرَجَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ إِلَى عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ وَهُوَ بِمِصْرَ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْقِصَّةَ
✧ Abu Ayyub went out to 'Uqbah b. 'Amir while he was in Egypt to ask him about a hadith he had heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he mentioned the story.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3680No grade recorded
إِنَّ أَبَا صَيَّادٍ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَ مَسْلَمَةَ يَوْمًا نِصْفَ النَّهَارِ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَاحِلَةٍ لَهُ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى مَسْلَمَةَ فَقَالَ: يَا مَسْلَمَةُ، فَأَمَرَ مَسْلَمَةُ جَارِيَةً لَهُ، فَقَالَ: انْظُرِي مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَتْ: شَيْخٌ قَدِمَ عَلَى رَاحِلَةٍ لَهُ. فَقَالَ: ادْعُ لِيَ مَسْلَمَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَدْعُو لَكَ الْأَمِيرَ ؟ فَقَالَ: ارْجِعِي إِلَيْهِ فَسَلِيهِ مَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنَا فُلَانٌ، فَقَامَ مَسْلَمَةُ سَرِيعًا، وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ ؓ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَدِيثًا وَكَانَ أَقْرَبَ الْقَوْمِ إِلَيْهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ؓ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهُ لِأَتَثَبَّتَ، فَقُمْ مَعِي يَا مَسْلَمَةُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ: بَلْ أُرْسِلُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَأْتِينِي، فَقَالَ: قَدْ أَعْجَبَكَ سُلْطَانُكَ، فَمُرْ أَبَا صَيَّادٍ فَلْيَنْطَلِقْ مَعِي إِلَى عُقْبَةَ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ عُقْبَةُ ؓ رَحَّبَ بِهِ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ. فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ
✧ Abu Sayyad narrated to him that he was with Maslamah one day at midday when a man on his mount entered upon him. He asked permission to see Maslamah and said, 'O Maslamah!' Maslamah ordered a slave girl of his, saying, 'Look who this is.' She said, 'An old man who has arrived on his mount.' He said, 'Call Maslamah for me.' I said, 'Should I call the emir for you?' He said, 'Return to him and ask him who you are.' He said, 'I am so-and-so.' Maslamah stood up quickly, and the man was one of the Companions ؓ, and said, 'I heard a hadith from the Prophet ﷺ, and the closest of the people to him that day was 'Uqbah b. 'Amir ؓ, so I wanted to ask him about it to be certain. Come with me to him, O Maslamah.' He said, 'Rather, I will send for him and he will come to me.' He said, 'Your authority has pleased you. Order Abu Sayyad to go with me to 'Uqbah.' When 'Uqbah ؓ saw him, he welcomed him and took his hand. The man said, 'I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say...' and he mentioned the hadith.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3681No grade recorded
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مِصْرَ، فَقَالَ لِحَاجِبِ أَمِيرِهَا: قُلْ لِلْأَمِيرِ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيَّ، فَقَالَ الْحَاجِبُ: مَا قَالَ لَنَا أَحَدٌ هَذَا مُنْذُ نَزَلْنَا هَذَا الْمَنْزِلَ غَيْرُكَ، إِنَّمَا كَانَ يُقَالُ: اسْتَأْذِنْ لَنَا عَلَى الْأَمِيرِ، فَقَالَ: ايتِهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ: هَذَا فُلَانٌ بِالْبَابِ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ الْأَمِيرُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا أَتَيْتُكَ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ ( فِي سُتْرَةِ عَوْرَةِ مُسْلِمٍ )
✧ A man from the people of Madinah came to Egypt and said to the doorkeeper of its emir, 'Tell the emir to come out to me.' The doorkeeper said, 'No one has said this to us since we settled in this place except you; it was only said, "Seek permission for us to see the emir."' He said, 'Go to him and tell him, "So-and-so is at the door."' The emir came out to him, and he said, 'I have come to you only to ask you about a hadith regarding the sutrah of a Muslim's 'awrah.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3682No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ ابْتِغَاءَ الْعِلْمِ، وَإِذَا النَّاسُ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِلَقٌ حِلَقٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ قَالَ: فَجَعَلْتُ أَمْضِي إِلَى الْحِلَقِ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ حَلْقَةً، فِيهَا رَجُلٌ شَاحِبٌ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ كَأَنَّمَا قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: هَلَكَ أَصْحَابُ الْعُقَدِ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، لَا آسَى عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، قَالَ: فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَتَحَدَّثَ بِمَا قُضِيَ لَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ؓ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَتَبِعْتُهُ حَتَّى أَتَى مَنْزِلَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ، وَرَثُّ الْكِسْوَةِ، يُشْبِهُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي: مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، قَالَ ؓ: أَكْثَرُ شَيْءٍ سُؤَالًا، فَلَمَّا قَالَ ذَلِكَ غَضِبْتُ فَجَثَوْتُ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيَّ، وَاسْتَقْبَلْتُ الْقِبْلَةَ، وَرَفَعْتُ يَدَيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَشْكُوهُمْ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّا نُنْفِقُ نَفَقَاتِنَا، وَنُنْصِبُ أَبْدَانَنَا، وَنُرَحِّلُ مَطَايَانَا ابْتِغَاءَ الْعِلْمِ فَإِذَا لَقِينَاهُمْ تَجَهَّمُونَا وَقَالُوا لَنَا، فَبَكَى أُبَيٌّ ؓ وَجَعَلَ يَتَرَضَّانِي، وَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ اذْهَبْ هُنَاكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُعَاهِدُكَ لَأَنْ أَبْقَيْتَنِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ لَأَتَكَلَّمَنَّ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا أَخَافُ فِيكَ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ، ثُمَّ أُرَاهُ قَامَ، فَلَمَّا قَالَ ذَلِكَ انْصَرَفْتُ عَنْهُ، وَجَعَلْتُ أَنْتَظِرُ الْجُمُعَةَ لِأَسْمَعَ كَلَامَهُ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ، خَرَجْتُ لِبَعْضِ حَاجَاتِي، فَإِذَا السِّكَكُ غَاصَّةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، لَا آخُذُ فِي سِكَّةٍ إِلَّا يَلْقَانِي النَّاسُ، قُلْتُ: مَا شَأْنُ النَّاسِ ؟ قَالُوا: نَحْسَبُكَ غَرِيبًا ؟ قُلْتُ: أَجَلْ، قَالُوا: مَاتَ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ؓ قَالَ: فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا مُوسَى ؓ بِالْعِرَاقِ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِالْحَدِيثِ، فَقَالَ: وَا لَهْفَاهُ أَلَا كَانَ حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَنَا مَقَالَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.
✧ I came to Madinah seeking knowledge, and behold the people were in the mosque of the Messenger of God ﷺ in circles, circles, conversing. He said: I began to pass by the circles until I came to a circle in which there was a pale man wearing two garments, as if he had just arrived from a journey. I heard him say: 'The people of the knots have perished, by the Lord of the Ka'bah; I do not grieve for them.' He said it three times. He said: I sat with him, and he spoke about what had been decreed for him, then he stood up. When he stood up, I asked about him: 'Who is this?' They said: 'Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ, the leader of the Muslims.' I followed him until he reached his house, and he was shabby in appearance and shabby in clothing, one part resembling another. I greeted him, and he returned the greeting. Then he asked me: 'From which people are you?' I said: 'From the people of Iraq.' He said ؓ: 'The most questioning of people.' When he said that, I became angry, so I knelt on my knees, faced the qiblah, raised my hands, and said: 'O God, we complain of them to You. We spend our wealth, weary our bodies, and travel our mounts seeking knowledge, but when we meet them, they frown at us and say things to us.' Ubayy ؓ wept and began to appease me, and said: 'Woe to you, go there.' Then he said: 'O God, I make a covenant with You that if You keep me alive until Friday, I will speak of what I heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ and will not fear the blame of any blamer for Your sake.' Then I think he stood up. When he said that, I left him and began waiting for Friday to hear his words. He said: When it was Thursday, I went out for some of my needs, and behold the streets were crowded with people. I did not enter any street but people met me. I said: 'What is the matter with the people?' They said: 'We think you are a stranger?' I said: 'Yes.' They said: 'The leader of the Muslims, Ubayy b. Ka'b ؓ, has died.' He said: I met Abu Musa ؓ in Iraq and told him the hadith. He said: 'Alas! If only he had lived until he conveyed to us the statement of the Messenger of God ﷺ.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3683No grade recorded
الْعِلْمُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَالنَّفْسُ الصَّالِحَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ اللُّؤْلُؤِ
✧ Knowledge is better than gold, and a righteous soul is better than pearls.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3684No grade recorded
طَالِبُ الْعِلْمِ أَوْ صَاحِبُ الْعِلْمِ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى الْحُوتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ
✧ The seeker of knowledge, or the possessor of knowledge, everything seeks forgiveness for him, even the fish in the sea.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3685No grade recorded
طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ
✧ Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3686No grade recorded
مَنْ طَلَبَ عِلْمًا فَأَدْرَكَهُ، أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى كِفْلَيْنِ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، وَمَنْ طَلَبَ عِلْمًا فَلَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ كِفْلًا مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، فَفَسَّرَهُ فَقَالَ: مَنْ طَلَبَ عِلْمًا فَأَدْرَكَهُ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَجْرَ مَا عَلِمَ وَأَجْرَ مَا عَمِلَ، وَمَنْ طَلَبَ عِلْمًا فَلَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى أَجْرَ مَا عَلِمَ وَسَقَطَ عَنْهُ أَجْرُ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
✧ Whoever seeks knowledge and attains it, God Almighty gives him a double portion of reward; and whoever seeks knowledge but does not attain it, God, Mighty and Majestic, gives him a single portion of reward. He then explained it, saying: Whoever seeks knowledge and attains it, God, Blessed and Exalted, gives him the reward for what he learned and the reward for what he acted upon; and whoever seeks knowledge but does not attain it, God Almighty gives him the reward for what he learned, and the reward for what he did not learn is dropped from him.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3687No grade recorded
إِنَّمَا كَانُوا إِذَا صَلَّوُا الْغَدَاةَ قَعَدُوا حِلَقًا حِلَقًا يَقْرَأُونَ الْقُرْآنَ، وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ الْفَرَائِضَ وَالسُّنَنَ
✧ When they prayed the morning prayer, they would sit in circles, circles, reciting the Qur'an and learning the obligatory duties and the sunnahs.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3688No grade recorded
مَا عُبِدَ اللهُ تَعَالَى بِشَيْءٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ فِقْهٍ فِي دِينٍ
✧ God Almighty has not been worshipped with anything more excellent than understanding in religion.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3689No grade recorded
مَا عُبِدَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِشَيْءٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ فِقْهٍ فِي دِينٍ، وَلَفَقِيهٌ وَاحِدٌ أَشَدُّ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ أَلْفِ عَابِدٍ
✧ God, Mighty and Majestic, has not been worshipped with anything more excellent than understanding in religion, and a single jurist is harder on Satan than a thousand worshippers.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3690No grade recorded
لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِمَادٌ، وَعِمَادُ هَذَا الدِّينِ الْفِقْهُ
✧ Everything has a pillar, and the pillar of this religion is fiqh.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3691No grade recorded
عَلِّمُوا وَلَا تُعَنِّفُوا، فَإِنَّ الْمُعَلِّمَ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمُعَنِّفِ
✧ Teach and do not be harsh, for the teacher is better than the harsh one.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3692No grade recorded
دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ وَقَوْمٌ يَذْكُرُونَ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، وَقَوْمٌ يَتَذَاكَرُونَ الْفِقْهَ، فَقَالَ ﷺ: كِلَا الْمَجْلِسَيْنِ عَلَى خَيْرٍ، أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللهَ تَعَالَى وَيَسْأَلُونَ رَبَّهُمْ فَإِنْ شَاءَ أَعْطَاهُمْ وَإِنْ شَاءَ مَنَعَهُمْ، وَهَؤُلَاءِ يُعَلِّمُونَ النَّاسَ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ، وَإِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ مُعَلِّمًا وَهَذَا أَفْضَلُ فَقَعَدَ ﷺ مَعَهُمْ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque while a group was remembering Allah, Blessed and Exalted, and a group was discussing fiqh. He ﷺ said: “Both gatherings are upon good. As for those who remember Allah Almighty and ask their Lord, if He wills He gives them, and if He wills He withholds from them. And these teach the people and learn. I was only sent as a teacher, and this is better.” Then he ﷺ sat with them.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3693No grade recorded
وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، بِهِ.:
✧ Al-Harith said: Muhammad b. Bakkar narrated to us, Abd Allah b. al-Mubarak narrated to us, with this chain.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3694No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: مَنْ يَجْمَعُ عِلْمَ النَّاسِ إِلَى عِلْمِهِ وَكُلُّ صَاحِبِ عِلْمٍ غَرْثَانُ
✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “Which of the people is most knowledgeable?” He ﷺ said: “The one who gathers the knowledge of the people to his own knowledge, and every possessor of knowledge is hungry [for more].”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3695No grade recorded
فَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ كَفَضْلِي عَلَى أُمَّتِي
✧ The virtue of the scholar over the worshipper is like my virtue over my ummah.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3696No grade recorded
فُضِّلَ الْعَالِمُ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ سَبْعِينَ دَرَجَةً، مَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ
✧ The scholar is preferred over the worshipper by seventy degrees, between each two degrees is as between heaven and earth.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3697No grade recorded
عَلِّمُوا وَيَسِّرُوا وَلَا تُعَسِّرُوا قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا، فَإِذَا غَضِبْتَ فَاسْكُتْ
✧ Teach and make things easy, and do not make things difficult.” He said it three times. “And if you become angry, be silent.”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3698No grade recorded
مَنْ حَفِظَ عَلَى أُمَّتِي أَرْبَعِينَ حَدِيثًا مِمَّا يَنْفَعُهُمْ مِنْ أَمْرِ دِينِهِمْ بُعِثَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ، وَفُضِّلَ الْعَالِمُ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ سَبْعِينَ دَرَجَةً، اللهُ أَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ
✧ Whoever preserves for my ummah forty hadiths of what benefits them in the matter of their religion will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection among the scholars, and the scholar is preferred over the worshipper by seventy degrees, Allah knows best what is between each two degrees.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3699No grade recorded
أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنِ الْأَجْوَدِ ؟ الْأَجْوَدُ اللهُ تَعَالَى، وَأَنَا أَجْوَدُ وَلَدِ آدَمَ، وَأَجْوَدُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِي رَجُلٌ عَلِمَ عِلْمًا فَنَشَرَ عِلْمَهُ يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ، وَرَجُلٌ جَاهَدَ بِنَفْسِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ حَتَّى يُقْتَلَ
✧ Shall I inform you about the most generous? The most generous is Allah Almighty, and I am the most generous of the children of Adam, and the most generous of them after me is a man who learned knowledge and spread his knowledge; he will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection as a nation alone, and a man who strove with his life in the path of Allah until he was killed.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3700No grade recorded
مَوْتُ الْعَالِمِ مُصِيبَةٌ لَا تُجْبَرُ، وَثُلْمَةٌ لَا تُسَدُّ، وَهُوَ نَجْمٌ طُمِسَ، مَوْتُ قَبِيلَةٍ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ مَوْتِ عَالِمٍ
✧ The death of a scholar is an irreparable calamity, and a gap that cannot be filled, and he is a star that has been extinguished. The death of a tribe is easier than the death of a scholar.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3701No grade recorded
بَيْنَمَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ ؓ جَالِسٌ وَعِنْدَهُ أَصْحَابٌ لَهُ يُحَدِّثُهُمْ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: لَا تُحَدِّثْنَا إِلَّا بِالْقُرْآنِ أَوْ لَا نُرِيدُ إِلَّا الْقُرْآنَ، فَقَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ وُكِلْتَ أَنْتَ وَأَصْحَابُكَ إِلَى الْقُرْآنِ أَكُنْتَ تَجِدُ صَلَاةَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا، وَصَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ أَرْبَعًا، وَصَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثَلَاثًا، يُقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ ؟ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ وُكِلْتَ أَنْتَ وَأَصْحَابُكَ إِلَى الْقُرْآنِ أَكُنْتَ تَجِدُ فِي كُلِّ مِائَتَيْنِ خَمْسَةً، وَفِي الْإِبِلِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَفِي الْبَقَرِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ وُكِلْتَ أَنْتَ وَأَصْحَابُكَ إِلَى الْقُرْآنِ أَكُنْتُ تَجِدُ الطَّوَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ سَبْعًا، وَبَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا
✧ While Imran b. Husayn ؓ was sitting with some of his companions, narrating to them, a man said: “Do not narrate to us except from the Qur'an,” or “We only want the Qur'an.” He said: “Have you considered, if you and your companions were left to the Qur'an, would you find that the Zuhr prayer is four [rak'ahs] and the 'Asr prayer is four and the Maghrib prayer is three, with recitation in the first two rak'ahs? Have you considered, if you and your companions were left to the Qur'an, would you find that for every two hundred [dirhams] five [are due], and for camels such and such, and for cattle such and such? Have you considered, if you and your companions were left to the Qur'an, would you find that tawaf around the House is seven [circuits], and between al-Safa and al-Marwah such and such?”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3702No grade recorded
عَسَى أَنْ يُكَذِّبَنِي رَجُلٌ وَهُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ يَبْلُغُهُ الْحَدِيثُ عَنِّي فَيَقُولُ: مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ دَعْ هَذَا وَهَاتِ مَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ
✧ Perhaps a man will belie me while he is reclining on his couch, and the hadith from me reaches him, and he says: “What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say? Leave this and bring what is in the Qur'an.”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3703No grade recorded
مَنْ أَرَادَ الْعِلْمَ فَلْيُؤْثِرِ الْقُرْآنَ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِ عِلْمَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ
✧ Whoever desires knowledge, let him prefer the Qur'an, for in it is the knowledge of the first and the last.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3704No grade recorded
قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِصَدَقَةِ إِبِلِنَا فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذِهِ صَدَقَةُ إِبِلِنَا قَالَ: فَأَمَرَ بِهَا ﷺ فَقُسِمَتْ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ فِيهَا مَا بَيْنَ هَدِيَّةٍ لَكَ وَصَدَقَةٍ، قَالَ: فَعَزَلْتُ الْهَدِيَّةَ عَنِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَمَكَثْتُ أَيَّامًا وَخَاضَ النَّاسُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَاعِثٌ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَى رَقِيقِ مِصْرَ فَمُصَدِّقُهُمْ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنَّ لَنَا لَغِنًى، وَمَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِي مِنْ مَالٍ أَفَلَا أُصَدِّقُهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ عَلَيَّ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذْ هُوَ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ وَمَعَهُ أَسْوَدُ قَدْ حَاذَى رَأْسَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهُ، فَلَمَّا دَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ هَوَى إِلَيَّ، قَالَ: فَكَفَّهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ النَّاسَ خَاضُوا أَنَّكَ بَاعِثٌ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَى رَقِيقَ مِصْرَ فَمُصَدِّقُهُمْ. قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لَا أُحِلُّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَكْذِبُوا عَلَيِّ. قَالَ الْمُنَقَّعُ: فَمَا حَدَّثْتُ حَدِيثًا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا حَدِيثًا نَطَقَ بِهِ كِتَابٌ أَوْ أَخْبَرَتْ بِهِ سُنَّةٌ، يُكْذَبُ عَلَيْهِ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، فَكَيْفَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ ﷺ ؟
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with the charity of our camels and said: O Messenger of Allah, this is the charity of our camels. He said: So he ordered it ﷺ and it was distributed. He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, in it there is what is between a gift for you and charity. He said: So I set aside the gift from the charity, and I stayed for some days. The people talked that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sending Khalid b. al-Walid ؓ to the slaves of Egypt as their charity collector. He said: I said: We have wealth, and my family has no property, so should I not give their charity before he comes to me? So I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he was on a she-camel, and with him was a black man who had aligned his head with the head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; I have never seen anyone among the people taller than him. When I approached him, he leaned toward me. He said: The Prophet ﷺ restrained him. I said: O Messenger of Allah, the people have talked that you are sending Khalid b. al-Walid ؓ to the slaves of Egypt as their charity collector. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands until we saw the whiteness of his armpits, then said: O Allah, I do not make it lawful for them to lie about me. Al-Munaqqa' said: I have never narrated a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except a hadith that the Book spoke of or a Sunnah informed of. He is lied about during his lifetime, so how about after his death ﷺ?
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3705No grade recorded
« مَنْ أَرَادَ الْعِلْمَ فَلْيُثَوِّرِ الْقُرْآنَ ; فَإِنَّ فِيهِ عِلْمَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ
✧ Whoever desires knowledge, let him stir up the Qur'an; for in it is the knowledge of the first and the last.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3706No grade recorded
قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِصَدَقَةِ إِبِلِنَا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذِهِ صَدَقَةُ إِبِلِنَا، قَالَ: فَأَمَرَ بِهَا ﷺ فَقُسِمَتْ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ فِيهَا مَا بَيْنَ هَدِيَّةٍ لَكَ وَصَدَقَةٍ، قَالَ ﷺ: اعْزِلْهَا. فَعَزَلْتُ الْهَدِيَّةَ عَنِ الصَّدَقَةِ، فَمَكَثْتُ أَيَّامًا، وَخَاضَ النَّاسُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَاعِثٌ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَى رَقِيقِ مُضَرَ فَمُصَدِّقُهُمْ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنَّ لَنَا لَغِنًى وَمَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِي مِنْ مَالٍ، أَفَلَا أُصَدِّقُهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْدَمَ عَلَى أَهْلِي ؟ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ، وَمَعَهُ أَسْوَدُ قَدْ حَاذَى رَأْسَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهُ، فَلَمَّا دَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ هَوَى إِلَيَّ، قَالَ: فَكَفَّهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ النَّاسَ خَاضُوا أَنَّكَ بَاعِثٌ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ ؓ إِلَى رَقِيقِ مُضَرَ فَمُصَدِّقُهُمْ، قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: « اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لَا أُحِلُّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ »، قَالَ الْمُنَقَّعُ: فَمَا حَدَّثْتُ حَدِيثًا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا حَدِيثًا نَطَقَ بِهِ كِتَابٌ، أَوْ أَخْبَرَتْ بِهِ سُنَّةٌ، يُكْذَبُ عَلَيْهِ فِي حَيَاتِهِ فَكَيْفَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ ﷺ
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with the charity of our camels, and I said: O Messenger of Allah, this is the charity of our camels. He said: So he ordered it ﷺ and it was distributed. He said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, in it there is what is between a gift for you and charity. He ﷺ said: Separate it. So I separated the gift from the charity, and I stayed for some days. The people talked that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sending Khalid b. al-Walid ؓ to the slaves of Mudar as their charity collector. He said: I said: We have wealth, and my family has no property, so should I not give their charity before he comes to my family? So I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he was on a she-camel, and with him was a black man who had aligned his head with the head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; I have never seen anyone among the people taller than him. When I approached him, he leaned toward me. He said: The Prophet ﷺ restrained him. I said: O Messenger of Allah, the people have talked that you are sending Khalid b. al-Walid ؓ to the slaves of Mudar as their charity collector. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands until we saw the whiteness of his armpits, then said: 'O Allah, I do not make it lawful for them to lie about me.' Al-Munaqqa' said: I have never narrated a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ except a hadith that the Book spoke of or a Sunnah informed of. He is lied about during his lifetime, so how about after his death ﷺ?
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3707No grade recorded
« رَوِّحُوا الْقُلُوبَ تَعِي الذِّكْرَ
✧ Refresh the hearts so they may comprehend the remembrance.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3708No grade recorded
« حَادِثُوا هَذِهِ الْقُلُوبَ ; فَإِنَّهَا سَرِيعَةُ الدُّثُورِ
✧ Talk to these hearts, for they are quick to become dull.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3709No grade recorded
قُرِئَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُرْآنٌ وَأُنْشِدَ شِعْرٌ، فَقِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَقُرْآنٌ وَشِعْرٌ فِي مَجْلِسٍ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: « نَعَمْ
✧ The Qur'an was recited in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ and poetry was chanted, and it was said: O Messenger of Allah, Qur'an and poetry in one gathering? He ﷺ said: 'Yes.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3710No grade recorded
« مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3711No grade recorded
« مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا لِيُضِلَّ بِهِ النَّاسَ، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ Whoever lies about me deliberately to mislead people thereby, let him take his seat in the Fire.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3712No grade recorded
« مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَضْجَعًا أَوْ بَيْتًا فِي جَهَنَّمَ
✧ Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take a resting place or a house in Hell.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3713No grade recorded
« مَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا لَمْ أَقُلْ، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ Whoever says about me something I did not say, let him take his seat in the Fire.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3714No grade recorded
دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا شَيْخٌ إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمِنْبَرِ جَالِسٌ، يُقَالُ لَهُ: سَالِمٌ أَوْ أَسْلَمُ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أُسَافِرُ مَعَ عُمَرَ ؓ وَأَرْجُزُ لَهُ، فَكَانَ لَا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْنَا لَهُ: لَوْ حَدَّثْتَنَا، فَقَالَ ؓ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ I entered the mosque and there was an old man sitting beside the pulpit, called Salim or Aslam. He said: I used to travel with 'Umar ؓ and recite rajaz poetry for him, and he would not narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We said to him: If only you would narrate to us. He ؓ said: I heard him ﷺ say: 'Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3715No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، ثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ، عَنِ الدُّجَيْنِ، عَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ.:
✧ Nasr b. Ali narrated to us, Muslim narrated to us, from al-Dujayn, from Aslam the freed slave of Umar, from Umar ؓ, from the Prophet ﷺ, and he mentioned it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3716No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ وَكِيعٍ، ثَنَا أَبِي، عَنِ الدُّجَيْنِ بِهِ.:
✧ Sufyan, meaning Ibn Waki, narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from al-Dujayn with it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3717No grade recorded
« مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا
✧ "Whoever lies about me deliberately"
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3718No grade recorded
« مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا أَوْ رَدَّ شَيْئًا أَمَرْتُ بِهِ، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ بَيْتًا فِي جَهَنَّمَ
✧ "Whoever lies about me deliberately or rejects something I commanded, let him take his seat in a house in Hell."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3719No grade recorded
« مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ "Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3720No grade recorded
كُنَّا عِنْدَ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ ؓ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَعِنْدَهُ أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ، فَجَاءَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ؓ فَأَوْسَعَ لَهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ ؓ، فَقَالَ: هُنَا فَاجْلِسْ، فَأَجْلَسَهُ مَعَهُ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ، فَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ ؓ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: « إِنَّ كَذِبًا عَلَيَّ لَيْسَ كَكَذِبٍ عَلَى أَحَدٍ، مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ We were with al-Mughirah b. Shubah ؓ while he was in the mosque and with him were the people of Kufa. Then Said b. Zayd ؓ came, and al-Mughirah ؓ made room for him, saying, "Here, sit." He seated him with him on the couch. Said ؓ said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Indeed, lying about me is not like lying about anyone else. Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3611No grade recorded
بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ لُقْمَانَ الْحَكِيمَ، كَانَ يَقُولُ: يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَتَعَلَّمِ الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ، وَتُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ، وَتُرَائِيَ بِهِ فِي الْمَجَالِسِ، وَلَا تَتْرُكِ الْعِلْمَ زُهْدًا فِيهِ، وَرَغْبَةً فِي الْجَهْلِ، يَا بُنَيَّ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ قَوْمًا يَذْكُرُونَ اللهَ تَعَالَى، فَاجْلِسْ مَعَهُمْ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تَكُ عَالِمًا يَنْفَعْكَ عِلْمُكَ، وَإِنْ تَكُ جَاهِلًا يُعَلِّمُوكَ، وَلَعَلَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِرَحْمَتِهِ، فَتُصِيبَكَ مَعَهُمْ
✧ It has reached me that Luqman the Wise used to say: 'O my son, do not learn knowledge to boast with it among the scholars, to argue with the foolish, or to show off with it in gatherings. And do not abandon knowledge out of disdain for it, preferring ignorance. O my son, when you see a people remembering Allah, Exalted, sit with them. For if you are learned, your knowledge will benefit you; and if you are ignorant, they will teach you. And perhaps Allah, Exalted, will look upon them with His mercy, and it will reach you along with them.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3612No grade recorded
دَخَلْنَا عَلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ، فَقَالَ: مَا سَلَكَ رَجُلٌ طَرِيقًا يَبْتَغِي فِيهِ الْعِلْمَ، إِلَّا سَهَّلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ سَبِيلًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَمَنْ يُبْطِئْ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ لَا يُسْرِعْ بِهِ نَسَبُهُ
✧ We entered upon Ibn 'Abbas ؓ, and he said: 'No man treads a path seeking knowledge therein, but Allah, Exalted, makes easy for him a path to Paradise. And whoever's deeds slow him down, his lineage will not speed him up.'