Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2682
What Has Been Related About The Superiority Of Fiqh Over Worship
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حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ
قَدِمَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ وَهُوَ بِدِمَشْقَ فَقَالَ مَا أَقْدَمَكَ يَا أَخِي فَقَالَ حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَمَا جِئْتَ لِحَاجَةٍ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ أَمَا قَدِمْتَ لِتِجَارَةٍ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ مَا جِئْتَ إِلاَّ فِي طَلَبِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَبْتَغِي فِيهِ عِلْمًا سَلَكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ وَإِنَّ الْعَالِمَ لَيَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ حَتَّى الْحِيتَانُ فِي الْمَاءِ وَفَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ كَفَضْلِ الْقَمَرِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْكَوَاكِبِ إِنَّ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَرَثَةُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ إِنَّ الأَنْبِيَاءَ لَمْ يُوَرِّثُوا دِينَارًا وَلاَ دِرْهَمًا إِنَّمَا وَرَّثُوا الْعِلْمَ فَمَنْ أَخَذَ بِهِ أَخَذَ بِحَظٍّ وَافِرٍ
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Chain of narrators
- Maḥmūd b. Khidāsh al-Baghdādī
- Muḥammad b. Yazīd al-Wāsiṭī
- ʿĀṣim b. Rajāʾ b. Ḥaywah
- Qays b. Kathīr
"A man from Al-Madinah came to Abu Ad-Darda when he was in Dimashq. So he said: 'What brings you O my nephew?' He replied: 'A Hadith reached me which you have narrated from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: 'You did not come for some need?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Did you come for trade?' He said: 'No, I did not come except seeking this Hadith.' So he said: 'Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "Whoever takes a path upon which he seeks knowledge, then Allah makes a path to Paradise easy for him. And indeed the angels lower their wings in approval to the one seeking knowledge. Indeed forgiveness is sought for the knowledgeable one by whomever is in the heavens and whomever is in the earth, even the fish in the waters. And superiority of the scholar over the worshiper is like the superiority of the moon over the rest of the celestial bodies. Indeed the scholars are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets do not leave behind Dinar or Dirham. The only legacy of the scholars is knowledge, so whoever takes from it, then he has indeed taken the most able share.
Notes
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَلاَ نَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ عِنْدِي بِمُتَّصِلٍ هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَإِنَّمَا يُرْوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ جَمِيلٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ خِدَاشٍ وَرَأَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ هَذَا أَصَحَّ
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Weak | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| ابن الملقن | Soundin جامع الترمذي, p. 2913 | hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Ibn al-Qaṭṭān
اضطرب فيه عاصم فعنه في ذلك ثلاثة أقوال أحدها قول عبد الله بن داود عن عاصم بن داود عن كثير بن قيس والثاني قول أبي نعيم عن عاصم عمن حدثه عن كثير والثالث قول محمد بن يزيد الواسطي عن عاصم عن كثير لم يذكر بينهما أحد والمتحصل من حال هذا الخبر هو الجهل بحال راويين من رواته والاضطراب فيه ممن لم يثبت عدالته انتهى
machine translationʿĀṣim was inconsistent (iḍṭaraba) regarding it, and three reports come from him on this: first, the report of ʿAbdullāh b. Dāwūd, from ʿĀṣim b. Dāwūd, from Kathīr b. Qays; second, the report of Abū Nuʿaym, from ʿĀṣim, from someone who narrated to him, from Kathīr; and third, the report of Muḥammad b. Yazīd al-Wāsiṭī, from ʿĀṣim, from Kathīr, without mentioning anyone between them. The outcome regarding this report is that the status of two of its narrators is unknown, and the inconsistency (iḍṭirāb) in it comes from one whose trustworthiness ('adālah) has not been established. End of quote.
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2913 - Mubarakpūri
هذا الحديث الذي يروى عن عاصم عن داود بن جميل عن كثير بن قيس أصح من حديث محمود بن خداش المذكور في هذا الباب بإسقاط داود بن جميل
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2913 - ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-Mudhirī
اختلف في هذا الحديث اختلافا كثيرا
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2913 - Dāraquṭnī
ولا يثبت
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2913
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- Dāraquṭnī
ضعفه
machine translationHe considered him weak (ḍaʿīf).
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2913 - ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-Mudhirī
مضطرب الإسناد
machine translationIts chain is confused (muḍṭarib al-isnād).
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2913 - al-Tirmidhi
لا نعرف هذا الحديث إلا من حديث عاصم بن رجاء بن حيوة وليس هو عندي بمتصل
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2913 - Dāraquṭnī
عاصم ومن فوقه ضعفاء ولا يصح
machine translationʿĀṣim and those above him are weak (ḍuʿafāʾ), and it is not authentic (lā yaṣiḥḥ).
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2913 - al-Dhahabi
مضطرب
machine translationDisturbed (muḍṭarib).
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2913
Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- Eminent Companion (ṣaḥābī jalīl)d. 32 AH, also said: after Ṣiffīn, the correct view is that he died in ʿUthmān's caliphateأَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِصحابي جليلفي حكم العنعنة
- weak (ḍaʿīf)قَيْسِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍضعيفعن
- truthful (ṣadūq), prone to error (yahim)d. between 141 and 150 AHعَاصِمُ بْنُ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَصدوق يهمحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid)d. Ibn Ḥibbān and others said: 188 AH. He said elsewhere: 190 AH, also said: 189 AH. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥaḍramī said: 191 AH. Also said: 192 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْوَاسِطِيُّثقة ثبت عابدحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. Ibn Ḥibbān said: 250 AH, Abū al-Qāsim al-Baghawī said: 260 AH, al-Khaṭīb said: this is an error, and the correct one is 250 AHمَحْمُودُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّصدوقحدثنا
- 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
Dalīl al-Fāliḥīn (Ibn ʿAllān)
Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī (Mubārakpūrī)
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