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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3613

✧ The Virtue of the Scholar

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قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ، حَدَّثَنِي الصَّعْقُ بْنُ حَزْنٍ الْبَكْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عَقِيلٌ الْجَعْدِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ السَّبِيعِيِّ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ:

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

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Abū Bakr
  2. Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb
  3. al-Ṣaʿq b. Ḥazn al-Bakrī
  4. ʿAqīl al-Jaʿdī
  5. Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī
  6. Sūwayd b. Ghafalah
  7. ʿAbdullāh
  8. Dakhalt
  9. Rasūl Allāh ﷺ

✧ 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.'

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