Sunan Ibn Majah 219
The virtue of one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it
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حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ غَالِبٍ الْعَبَّادَانِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْبَحْرَانِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ لأَنْ تَغْدُوَ فَتَعَلَّمَ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ مِائَةَ رَكْعَةٍ وَلأَنْ تَغْدُوَ فَتَعَلَّمَ بَابًا مِنَ الْعِلْمِ عُمِلَ بِهِ أَوْ لَمْ يُعْمَلْ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ أَلْفَ رَكْعَةٍ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbdullāh al-Wāsiṭī
- ʿAbdullāh b. Ghālib al-ʿAbbādānī
- ʿAbdullāh b. Ziyād al-Baḥrānī
- ʿAlī b. Zayd
- Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab
- Abū Dhar
- Lī Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
"The Messenger of Allah said to me: 'O Abu Dharr! For you to come out in the morning and learn one Verse from the Book of Allah is better for you than praying one hundred Rak'ah, and for you to come out and learn a matter of knowledge, whether it is acted upon or not, is better for you than praying one thousand Rak'ah.'"
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Weak | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-Mudhirī | Good Chainin سنن ابن ماجه, p. 225 | hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- أحمد بن أبي بكر بن إسماعيل البوصيري
عبد الله بن زياد وعلي بن زيد بن جدعان كلاهما ضعيف
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 225
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 31 AH, or: 32 AHأَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّالصحابيعن
- One of the reliable (athbāt), eminent jurist scholarsd. 87 AH, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 100 AH, Ibn Maʿīn and Ibn al-Madīnī said: 105 AHسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِأحد العلماء الأثبات الفقهاء الكبارعن
- weak (ḍaʿīf)d. 127 AH, or 129 AH, or 131 AHعَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍضعيفعن
- unknown in condition (mastūr)عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْبَحْرَانِيِّمستورعن
- unknown in condition (mastūr)عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ غَالِبٍ الْعَبَّادَانِيُّمستورحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 267 AH, or: 268 AH, al-Baghawī said: 257 AH, and al-Khaṭīb deemed it an errorالْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّثقة عابدحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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Commentaries
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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