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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
  1. Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah
  2. Aswad b. ʿĀmir
  3. ʿImārah b. Zādhān
  4. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥakam
  5. ʿAṭāʾ
  6. Abū Hurayrah
  7. 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

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Narrators

  1. The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
    أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
    عن
  2. 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 AH
    عَطَاءٌثقة فقيه ، فاضل لكنه كثير الإرسال ، وقيل : إنه تغير بآخره ، ولم يكثر ذلك منه
    حدثنا
  3. trustworthy (thiqah)d. 130 AH, or: 131 AH, or: 135 AH
    عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِثقة
    حدثنا
  4. truthful (ṣadūq), makes many mistakesd. between 161 and 170 AH
    عُمَارَةُ بْنُ زَاذَانَصدوق كثير الخطأ
    حدثنا
  5. trustworthy (thiqah)d. 207 AH, or 208 AH
    أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍثقة
    حدثنا
  6. trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), author of works (ṣāḥib taṣānīf)d. 235 AH, or 234 AH
    أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيف
    حدثنا
  7. one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
    ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

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Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd

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