Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 430-318b
✧ Abdullah b. Mas'ud
"عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ فِى زَمَانٍ كَثِيرٍ فُقَهَاؤُهُ قَلِيلٍ خُطَبَاؤُهُ كثِيرٍ مُعْطُوهُ قَلِيلٍ سُؤَّالُهُ الْعَمَلُ فِيه قَائِدُ الْهُدى، وَيُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأتِى عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ كثِيرٌ خُطَباؤُهُ قَليلٌ فُقَهَاؤُهُ، قَلِيلٌ مُعْطُوهُ، كَثِيرٌ سُؤَّالُهُ، الْهَوَى فِيهِ قَائِدٌ لِلْعَمَلِ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ شُرْفَةَ الْبِنَاءِ، وَجَارُوا فِى الْحُكْمِ، وَقَبِلُوا الرِّشَى فَالنَّجَاءَ النَّجَاءَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn Masʿūd
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"From Ibn Mas'ud, who said: Indeed you are in a time when its jurists are many, its preachers few, its givers many, and its askers few; the deed in it leads the way to guidance. Soon there will come upon you a time when its preachers are many, its jurists few, its givers few, and its askers many; desire in it leads the deed. When you see the summit of the building, and they act unjustly in judgment and accept bribes, then (hasten to) the escape, the escape."
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Notes
ابن النجار
machine translationIbn al-Najjār
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