Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2685
What Has Been Related About The Superiority Of Fiqh Over Worship
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ قَالَ
ذُكِرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلاَنِ، أَحَدُهُمَا عَابِدٌ وَالآخَرُ عَالِمٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «فَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ كَفَضْلِي عَلَى أَدْنَاكُمْ»، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَهُ وَأَهْلَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، حَتَّى النَّمْلَةَ فِي جُحْرِهَا، وَحَتَّى الْحُوتَ، لَيُصَلُّونَ عَلَى مُعَلِّمِ النَّاسِ الْخَيْرَ».
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá al-Ṣanʿānī
- Salamah b. Rajāʾ
- al-Walīd b. Jamīl
- al-Qāsim Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman
- Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī
Two men were mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: one of them was a worshiper and the other a scholar. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The superiority of the scholar over the worshiper is like my superiority over the least of you." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, Allah, His angels, and the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, even the ant in its hole, and even the fish, send blessings upon the one who teaches people good."
Notes
Abu Isa said: This is a hasan, sahih, gharib hadith. He said: I heard Abu Ammar al-Husayn ibn Hurayth al-Khuzai say: I heard al-Fudayl ibn Iyad say: A scholar who acts and teaches will be called great in the dominion of the heavens.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الْفُضَيْلَ بْنَ عِيَاضٍ يَقُولُ عَالِمٌ عَامِلٌ مُعَلِّمٌ يُدْعَى كَبِيرًا فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَوَاتِ
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Good | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Muhammad Shakir | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Bashar Awad Maarouf | Hasan Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح الترمذي, p. 2685 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- al-Dhahabi
تفرد به الوليد وليس بمعتمد
machine translationAl-Walīd was alone in transmitting it, and he is not reliable (laysa bi-muʿtamad).
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2916 - al-Tirmidhi
هذا حديث حسن صحيح غريب
machine translationThis is a good (ḥasan), sound (ṣaḥīḥ), gharīb hadith.
in جامع الترمذي, p. 2916 - al-Tirmidhi
غريب
machine translationGharīb.
in سنن الترمذي, p. 2685
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 213وَعَن أبي أُمَامَة الْبَاهِلِيّ قَالَ: " ذُكِرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا عَابِدٌ وَالْآخَرُ عَالِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى الْعَاب
- Riyadhus Shalihin 1387"فضل العالم على العابد كفضلي على أدناكم" ثم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "إن الله وملائكته وأهل السماوات والأرض حتى النملة في جحرها وحتى الحوت ليصلون على معلمي الناس الخير"
Other narrations of this report
Sunan ad-Darimi 297Sunan ad-Darimi 352al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7937al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 7938al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3695
Narrators
- a well-known Companiond. Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh said: 81 AH. Abū al-Ḥasan al-Madāʾinī and more than one said: 86 AHأَبُو أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيُّصحابي مشهورعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq), narrates unusual reports oftend. 112 AH, or 118 AHالْقَاسِمُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِصدوق يغرب كثيراحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes (yukhṭiʾ)d. between 151 and 160 AHالْوَلِيدُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍصدوق يخطئحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq) but narrates unfamiliar reports (yughrib)d. between 181 AH and 190 AHسَلَمَةُ بْنُ رَجَاءٍصدوق يغربحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 245 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّثقةحدثنا
- 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)
Dalīl al-Fāliḥīn (Ibn ʿAllān)
Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī (Mubārakpūrī)
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