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Chapter 26 · No. 3641–3668

Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)

  • 3641Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، سَمِعْتُ عَاصِمَ بْنَ رَجَاءِ بْنِ …

    I was sitting with Abud Darda in the mosque of Damascus. A man came to him and said: Abud Darda, I have come to you from the town of the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم for a tradition that I have heard you relate from the …

  • 3642Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَزِيرِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، قَالَ: لَقِيتُ شَبِيبَ بْنَ شَيْبَةَ …

    The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu al-Darda رضی اللہ عنہ through a different chain of narrators to the same effect from the Holy Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم .

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge, Allah will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise; and he who is made slow by his actions will not be speeded by his genealogy.

  • 3644Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، …

    When he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and a Jew was also with him, a funeral passed by him. He (the Jew) asked (Him): Muhammad, does this funeral speak? The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Allah has more …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدِ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ordered me (to learn the writing of the Jews), so I learnt for him the writing of the Jews. He said: I swear by Allah, I do not trust Jews in respect of writing for me. So I learnt it, and only …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ …

    I used to write everything which I heard from the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. I intended (by it) to memorize it. The Quraysh prohibited me saying: Do you write everything that you hear from him while the Messenger of Allah …

  • 3647Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ، حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ …

    Zayd ibn Thabit رضی اللہ عنہ entered upon Muawiyah and asked him about a tradition. He ordered a man to write it. Zayd رضی اللہ عنہ said: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ordered us not to write any of his traditions. So he …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شِهَابٍ، عَنْ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيِّ، …

    "We used not to write anything but the Tasha-hud and the Qur'an."

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ، قَالَ …

    When Mecca was conquered, the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) stood up. He (Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ عنہ ) then mentioned the sermon of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). He said: A man of the Yemen, who was called Abu Shah, got up and said: Messenger of Allah! Write it …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَمْرٍو: مَا …

    I asked Abu Amr: What are they writing? He said: The sermon which he heard that day.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْمَعْنَى، عَنْ …

    I asked al-zubair رضی اللہ عنہ : What prevents you from narrating traditions from the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as his Companions narrate from him. But I heard him say: He who lies about me deliberately will certainly come …

  • 3652Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْمُقْرِئُ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone interprets the Book of Allah in the light of his opinion even if he is right, he has erred.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي عَقِيلٍ هَاشِمِ بْنِ بِلَالٍ، عَنْ سَابِقِ بْنِ …

    Abu Salam said on the authority of a man who served the Holy Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم that whenever he talked, he repeated it three times.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الطُّوسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ …

    Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ عنہ sat beside the apartment of Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا while she was praying. He then began to say: Listen, O lady of the apartment, saying twice. When she finish her prayer, she said: Are you not surprised at him and …

  • حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، …

    Are you not surprised at Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ عنہ ? He came and sat beside my apartment, and began to narrate traditions from the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم making me hear them. I am saying supererogatory prayer. He got up …

  • 3656Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى الرَّازِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى، عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ …

    The Holy Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم forbade the discussion of thorny questions.

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone is given a legal decision ignorantly, the sin rests on the one who gave it. Sulayman al-Mahri added in his version: If anyone advises his brother, knowing that guidance lies in another …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ أَبِي …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: He who is asked something he knows and conceals it will have a bridle of fire put on him on the Day of Resurrection.

  • 3659Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: You hear (from me), and others will hear from you; and people will hear from them who heard from you.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ وَلَدِ عُمَرَ بْنِ …

    I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم say: May Allah brighten a man who hears a tradition from us, gets it by heart and passes it on to others. Many a bearer of knowledge conveys it to one who is more versed than he is; and …

  • حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَهْلٍ يَعْنِي …

    The prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: I swear on Allah, it will be better for you that Allah should give guidance to one man through your agency than that you should acquire the red ones among the camels.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: relate traditions from the children of Isra'il; there is no harm.

  • 3663Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَسَّانَ، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to relate to us traditions from the children of Isra'il till morning came; he would not get up except for obligatory prayer.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ، عَنْ أَبِي …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone acquires knowledge of things by which Allah's good pleasure is sought, but acquires it only to get some worldly advantage, he will not experience the arf, i.e. the odour, of Paradise.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْخَوَّاصُ، عَنْ …

    I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم say: Only a ruler, or one put in charge, or one who is presumptuous, gives instructions.

  • 3666Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ …

    I was sitting in the company of the poor members of the emigrants. Some of them were sitting together because of lack of clothing while a reader was reciting to us. All of a sudden the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم came along …

  • 3667Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُطَهَّرٍ أَبُو ظَفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: That I sit in the company of the people who remember Allah the Exalted from morning prayer till the sun rises is clearer to me than that I emancipate four slaves from the children of Isra'il, and …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلمsaid to me: recite Surat al-Nisa’. I asked: Shail I recite to you what was sent down to you ? He replied: I like to here it from someone else. So I recite (it) until I reached this verse “How …