Sunan Ibn Majah 261
One who is asked about knowledge but conceals it
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عِمَارَةُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ
مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَحْفَظُ عِلْمًا فَيَكْتُمُهُ إِلاَّ أُتِيَ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مُلْجَمًا بِلِجَامٍ مِنَ النَّارِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah
- Aswad b. ʿĀmir
- ʿImārah b. Zādhān
- ʿAlī b. al-Ḥakam
- ʿAṭāʾ
- Abū Hurayrah
- al-Nabī ﷺ
The Prophet said: "There is no man who memorizes knowledge then conceals it, but he will be brought forth on the Day of Resurrection bridled with reins of fire." (Hasan) Another chain with similar wording.
Notes
قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَىِ الْقَطَّانُ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا عِمَارَةُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَيْضًا وَحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِمَارَةُ بْنُ زَاذَانَ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ
Grades by grader
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
|---|---|---|
| Zubair Ali Zai | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Goodin صحيح سنن ابن ماجه, p. 212 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
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- Dāraquṭnī
وهو المحفوظ يعني قول من قال عن عطاء عن أبي هريرة
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 274
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 8638al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 14656Musannaf 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), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous, but he often narrated with omission of the Companion (irsāl); it is said that he changed (taghayyara) at the end of his life, though this was not frequent in himd. 112 AH, or 114 AH, or 115 AH, or 116 AH, or 117 AHعَطَاءٌثقة فقيه ، فاضل لكنه كثير الإرسال ، وقيل : إنه تغير بآخره ، ولم يكثر ذلك منهحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 130 AH, or: 131 AH, or: 135 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِثقةحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq), makes many mistakesd. between 161 and 170 AHعُمَارَةُ بْنُ زَاذَانَصدوق كثير الخطأحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 207 AH, or 208 AHأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍثقةحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), author of works (ṣāḥib taṣānīf)d. 235 AH, or 234 AHأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيفحدثنا
- 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
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.
Commentaries
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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