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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 3 · Knowledge
Sahih

قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً}

The saying of Allah, the Exalted: “And you have not been given of knowledge except a little.”

بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي، مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي خَرِبِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَهُوَ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ مَعَهُ، فَمَرَّ بِنَفَرٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ سَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ تَسْأَلُوهُ لاَ يَجِيءُ فِيهِ بِشَىْءٍ تَكْرَهُونَهُ. فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُ. فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ، مَا الرُّوحُ فَسَكَتَ. فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ. فَقُمْتُ، فَلَمَّا انْجَلَى عَنْهُ، قَالَ {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتُيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً}. قَالَ الأَعْمَشُ هَكَذَا فِي قِرَاءَتِنَا.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ

Translation

Ibn Mas'ud reported: While I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ among the ruins of Medina, and he was leaning on a palm-stalk staff he had with him, he passed by a group of Jews. Some of them said to others: “Ask him about the spirit.” Others said: “Do not ask him, lest he bring something about it that you dislike.” Some of them said: “We will certainly ask him.” A man from among them stood up and said: “O Abu al-Qasim, what is the spirit?” He remained silent. I said (to myself): “He is receiving revelation.” So I stood still. When it had cleared from him, he said: “And they ask you about the spirit. Say: The spirit is of the affair of my Lord, and you have not been given of knowledge except a little.” Al-A'mash said: That is how it is in our reading.

Translator’s note: Qur'an 17:85. Al-A'mash, a later narrator, refers to the reading “you have been given” (instead of “they”).

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Deutsch

Ibn Mas'ud berichtete: Während ich mit dem Propheten ﷺ durch die Ruinen von Medina ging und er sich auf einen Palmstock stützte, den er bei sich hatte, kam er an einer Gruppe von Juden vorbei. Da sagten einige von ihnen zu den anderen: „Fragt ihn nach dem Geist!“ Andere von ihnen sagten: „Fragt ihn nicht, damit er nicht etwas darüber bringt, das euch missfällt.“ Einige von ihnen sagten: „Wir werden ihn ganz gewiss fragen.“ Da stand ein Mann von ihnen auf und sagte: „O Abu l-Qasim, was ist der Geist?“ Da schwieg er. Ich sagte (mir): „Ihm wird offenbart.“ Und ich blieb stehen. Als es von ihm gewichen war, sagte er: „Und sie fragen dich nach dem Geist. Sag: Der Geist gehört zur Angelegenheit meines Herrn, und euch ist vom Wissen nur wenig gegeben worden.“ Al-A'masch sagte: So (lautet es) in unserer Lesart.

Translator’s note: Koran 17:85. Al-A'masch, ein späterer Überlieferer, meint die Lesart „euch ist … gegeben worden“ (statt „ihnen“).

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Türkçe

İbn Mes'ûd (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Ben Nebî ﷺ ile birlikte Medine'nin harabelerinde yürüyordum; o da yanındaki hurma dalından bir değneğe dayanıyordu. Yahudilerden bir topluluğun yanından geçti. Onlardan bazısı diğerlerine: “Ona ruhu sorun!” dedi. Bazısı da: “Sormayın; hoşunuza gitmeyecek bir şey getirmesin.” dedi. Bazısı da: “Mutlaka ona soracağız.” dedi. Onlardan bir adam kalkıp: “Ey Ebü'l-Kâsım, ruh nedir?” dedi. Nebî ﷺ sustu. Ben (içimden): “Ona vahyediliyor.” dedim ve yerimde durdum. (Vahiy hâli) ondan açılınca şöyle buyurdu: “Sana ruhu soruyorlar. De ki: Ruh, Rabbimin emrindendir. Size ilimden ancak az bir şey verilmiştir.” A'meş dedi ki: Bizim kıraatimizde böyledir.

Translator’s note: Kur'ân 17:85. Sonraki râvilerden A'meş, “size verilmiştir” kıraatini (“onlara” değil) kastediyor.

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The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 8 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · Medinaibn Mas'ud† 32 AH · Medina'Alqama bin Qays† 60 AH · KufaIbrahim al-Nakha'i† 96 AH · KufaSulaiman al-A'mash† 147 AH · Kufa'Abdul Wahid bin Ziyad† 176 AH · BasraQays bin Hafs† 227 AH · Basraal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. ibn Mas'udعَبْدِ اللَّهِ

    d. 32 AH / 652 CE · Medina/Kufa · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. 'Alqama bin Qaysعَلْقَمَةَ

    d. 60 AH · Kufa · Follower Tabi' 2nd Generation

  4. Ibrahim al-Nakha'iإِبْرَاهِيمَ

    d. 96 AH · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  5. Sulaiman al-A'mashالأَعْمَشُ

    d. 147 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  6. 'Abdul Wahid bin Ziyadعَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ

    d. 176 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation

  7. Qays bin Hafsقَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ

    d. 227 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  8. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler