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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 3 · Knowledge
Sahih

رَفْعِ الْعِلْمِ وَظُهُورِ الْجَهْلِ

The taking away of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ، وَيَثْبُتَ الْجَهْلُ، وَيُشْرَبَ الْخَمْرُ، وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا ".

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ

Translation

Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Among the signs of the Hour are that knowledge will be taken away, ignorance will become established, wine will be drunk and fornication will become widespread.”

Other translations

Deutsch

Anas ibn Malik berichtete: Der Gesandte Allahs ﷺ sagte: „Zu den Vorzeichen der Stunde gehört, dass das Wissen aufgehoben wird, die Unwissenheit sich festsetzt, Wein getrunken wird und die Unzucht offen zutage tritt.“

Türkçe

Enes b. Mâlik (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Resûlullah ﷺ şöyle buyurdu: “İlmin kaldırılması, cehaletin yerleşmesi, içkinin içilmesi ve zinanın açıkça yayılması kıyamet alâmetlerindendir.”

Other versions of this report

The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.

  • لأُحَدِّثَنَّكُمْ حَدِيثًا لاَ يُحَدِّثُكُمْ أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَقِلَّ الْعِلْمُ، وَيَظْهَرَ الْجَهْلُ، وَيَظْهَرَ الزِّنَا، وَتَكْثُرَ النِّسَاءُ وَيَقِلَّ الرِّجَالُ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ لِخَمْسِينَ امْرَأَةً الْقَيِّمُ الْوَاحِدُ ".

    Anas ibn Malik reported: I will surely tell you a hadith that no one after me will tell you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Among the signs of the Hour are that knowledge will decrease, ignorance will appear, fornication will …

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 6 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaAnas bin Malik† 93 AH · BasraYazid bin Hameed, Abu Tiyah† 128 AH · Basra'Abdul Warith bin Sa'id bin …† 180 AH · Basra'Imran bin Mysrh† 223 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. Anas bin Malikأَنَسٍ

    d. 93 AH / 712 CE · Basrah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Yazid bin Hameed, Abu Tiyahأَبِي التَّيَّاحِ

    d. 128 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  4. 'Abdul Warith bin Sa'id bin Dhakwanعَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ

    d. 180 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation

  5. 'Imran bin Mysrhعِمْرَانُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ

    d. 223 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  6. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler