Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2648
The Virtue Of Seeking Knowledge
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ الرَّازِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ خَيْثَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَخْبَرَةَ عَنْ سَخْبَرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ
مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ كَانَ كَفَّارَةً لِمَا مَضَى
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Ḥumayd al-Rāzī
- Muḥammad b. al-Muʿallá
- Ziyād b. Khaythamah
- Abū Dāwud
- ʿAbdullāh b. Sakhbarah
- Sakhbarah
- al-Nabī ﷺ
narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever seeks knowledge, he is atoning for what has passed (of sins while doing so)."
Notes
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ ضَعِيفُ الإِسْنَادِ أَبُو دَاوُدَ يُضَعَّفُ وَلاَ نَعْرِفُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَخْبَرَةَ كَبِيِرَ شَيْءٍ وَلاَ لأَبِيهِ وَاسْمُ أَبِي دَاوُدَ نُفَيْعٌ الأَعْمَى تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ قَتَادَةُ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Weak | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Mawdu | fawazahmed0 |
| Bashar Awad Maarouf | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Fabricatedin ضعيف سنن الترمذي, p. 2648 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
| al-Tirmidhi | Weak Chainin سنن الترمذي, p. 2648 | hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
فيه أبو داود الأعمى وهو كذاب
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2876 - Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
في إسناده أبو داود الأعمى أحد المتروكين
machine translationIn its chain of transmission is Abū Dāwūd al-Aʿmā, one of those who are abandoned (matrūk).
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2876 - al-Tirmidhi
هذا حديث ضعيف الإسناد
machine translationThis is a hadith with a weak (ḍaʿīf) chain of narration.
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2876 - al-Tirmidhi
[فيه] أبو داود قال الحافظ متروك وقد كذبه ابن معين
in سنن الترمذي, p. 2648
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 221وَعَن سَخْبَرَة الْأَزْدِيّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مِنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ كَانَ كَفَّارَةً لِمَا مَضَى». رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَالدَّارِمِيُّ وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ ضَعِيفُ الْإِسْنَ
Other narrations of this report
Sunan ad-Darimi 580al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6638al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6639
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)سَخْبَرَةُ الْأَزْدِيُّصحابيعن
- unknown (majhūl)عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَخْبَرَةَمجهولعن
- abandoned (matrūk)d. between 100 and 110 AH, or between 120 and 130 AHأَبِي دَاوُدَمتروكعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 141 AH and 150 AHزِيَادُ بْنُ خَيْثَمَةَثقةحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. between 181 and 190 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّىصدوقحدثنا
- A ḥāfiẓ, weak (ḍaʿīf), Ibn Maʿīn held a good opinion of himd. 248 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ الرَّازِيُّحافظ ضعيف ، وكان ابن معين حسن الرأي فيهحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AHالتِّرْمِذِيُّثقة 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
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Mirʿāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mubārakfūrī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī (Mubārakpūrī)
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