Sunan Ibn Majah 266
One who is asked about knowledge but conceals it
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكَرَابِيسِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
مَنْ سُئِلَ عَنْ عِلْمٍ يَعْلَمُهُ فَكَتَمَهُ أُلْجِمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِلِجَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥafṣ b. Hishām b. Zayd b. Anas b. Mālik
- Abū Ibrāhīm Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm al-Karābīsī
- Ibn ʿAwn
- Muḥammad b. Sīrīn
- Abū Hurayrah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever is asked about knowledge that he has and he conceals it, will be bridled on the Day of Resurrection with reins of fire.'"
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Good | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- معاذ بن معاذ بن نصر
سئل معاذ بن معاذ عن هذا الحديث فلم يعرفه
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 280 - Mizzī
حديث عزيز
machine translationA rare (ʿazīz) hadith.
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 280 - Nūr al-Dīn al-Sindī
في إسناده محمد بن داب كذبه أبو زرعة وغيره ونسب إلى الوضع
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 280
Other narrations of this report
Sunan Ibn Majah 261Musnad Ahmad 8638Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 26982Musnad al-Bazzar 9303Musnad Abi Ya'la 6387
Narrators
- The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AHأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابةعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid), of great standing; he did not permit narration by meaning.d. 110 AHمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَثقة ثبت عابد كبير القدر ، كان لا يرى الرواية بالمعنىعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), virtuous (fāḍil).d. 150 AH, also said: 151 AH, also said: 152 AHابْنِ عَوْنٍثقة ثبت فاضلعن
- weak in ḥadīth (layyin al-ḥadīth)d. 194 AHأَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكَرَابِيسِيُّلين الحديثحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. between 241 and 250 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍصدوقحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
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Commentaries
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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