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ahmad:22290Abū al-Mughīrah > Muʿān b. Rifāʿah > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim a freed slave of Banī Yazīd > Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī

[Machine] During the Farewell Pilgrimage, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up while Muradif Ibn Abbas was riding on a small camel named Adam. He said, "O people, acquire knowledge before knowledge is taken away, and before knowledge is lifted up." Allah has revealed: "O you who have believed, do not ask about things that, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that. And Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing." (Quran 5:101). He said, "So we disliked asking him many questions and feared his anger until Allah revealed to His Prophet ﷺ . He said, "We came to a bedouin and spread our cloak for him." He said, "Cover yourself with it until I see the whiteness of the cold coming out of your forehead." He said, "Then we said to him: Ask the Prophet ﷺ ." He said, "So he said to him, 'O Prophet of Allah, how will knowledge be lifted from us while the Qur'ans are between us and have learned from them and taught our women and children and servants?' He said, 'Then the Prophet ﷺ lifted his head and his face turned red with anger. He said, 'O son of your mother, may you be ruined. These Jews and Christians have not spent their days and nights clinging to any of the words that their prophets brought to them. Verily, one of the signs of the disappearance of knowledge is that its bearers will disappear three times.'"  

أحمد:٢٢٢٩٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَانُ بْنُ رِفَاعَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ مَوْلَى بَنِي يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ قَالَ

لَمَّا كَانَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُرْدِفٌ الْفَضْلَ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى جَمَلٍ آدَمَ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ خُذُوا مِنَ الْعِلْمِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ الْعِلْمُ وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ وَقَدْ كَانَ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِنْ تَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ الْقُرْآنُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا اللهُ عَنْهَا وَاللهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ}[المائدة 101] قَالَ فَكُنَّا قَدْ كَرِهْنَا كَثِيرًا مِنْ مَسْأَلَتِهِ وَاتَّقَيْنَا ذَاكَ حتي أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَأَتَيْنَا أَعْرَابِيًّا فَرَشَوْنَاهُ بِرِدَاءٍ قَالَ فَاعْتَمَّ بِهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ حَاشِيَةَ الْبُرْدِ خَارِجَةً مِنْ حَاجِبِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لَهُ سَلِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ كَيْفَ يُرْفَعُ الْعِلْمُ مِنَّا وَبَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا الْمَصَاحِفُ وَقَدْ تَعَلَّمْنَا مَا فِيهَا وَعَلَّمْنَا نِسَاءَنَا وَذَرَارِيَّنَا وَخَدَمَنَا؟ قَالَ فَرَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ وَقَدْ عَلَتْ وَجْهَهُ حُمْرَةٌ مِنَ الْغَضَبِ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَيْ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ وَهَذِهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمُ الْمَصَاحِفُ لَمْ يُصْبِحُوا يَتَعَلَّقُونَ بِحَرْفٍ مِمَّا جَاءَتْهُمْ بِهِ أَنْبِيَاؤُهُمْ أَلَا وَإِنَّ مِنْ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ حَمَلَتُهُ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ  


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tabarani:7867Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Abū al-Mughīrah > Muʿān b. Rifāʿah > ʿAlī b. Yazīd > al-Qāsim > Abū Umāmah

[Machine] When the Prophet ﷺ was in the Farewell Pilgrimage, he stood up while Fuḍayl ibn ʿAbbās was on a camel and said, "O people, acquire knowledge before knowledge is taken away and before it is raised." Allah had revealed the verse "O you who believe, do not ask about things that, if they are shown to you, will distress you." We used to mention this verse frequently, so it prevented us from asking. Then, an Arab came and spread a blanket for us. We covered ourselves with it, and he clung to it until I saw the edge of the blanket on his right eyebrow. Then we said, "Ask the Prophet ﷺ ." So he said, "O Prophet of Allah, how will knowledge be taken away from us while we have the Qur'ans with us, in which we have learned and have taught our women and children and servants?" The Prophet ﷺ raised his head, and his face had turned red out of anger, and he said, "May your mother lose you! You see these Jews and Christians among them with the Scriptures between their hands, but they do not adhere to the teachings of their prophets. Indeed, one of the ways knowledge is taken away is when the people belonging to it are taken away." This was repeated three times.  

الطبراني:٧٨٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ ثنا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ثنا مُعَانُ بْنُ رِفَاعَةَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

لَمَّا كَانَ حَجَّةُ الْوَدَاعِ قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُرْدِفٌ الْفَضْلَ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى جَمَلٍ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ خُذُوا مِنَ الْعِلْمِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْبَضَ الْعِلْمُ وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْعِلْمُ» وَقَدْ كَانَ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمِنٌوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ} الْآيَةَ فَكُنَّا نَذْكُرُهَا كَثِيرًا فَتَمْنَعُنَا مِنْ مَسْأَلَتِهِ فَأَتَيْنَا أَعْرَابِيًّا فَرَشَوْنَاهُ بُرْدًا فَأَعْتَمَ بِهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ حَاشِيَةَ الْبُرْدِ عَلَى حَاجِبِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا سَلِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ كَيْفَ يُرْفَعُ الْعِلْمُ مِنَّا وَبَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا الْمَصَاحِفُ قَدْ تَعَلَّمْنَا فِيهَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهَا نِسَاءَنَا وَذَرَارِيَّنَا وَخَدَمَنَا فَرَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ وَقَدْ عَلَتْ وَجْهَهُ حُمْرَةٌ مِنَ الْغَضَبِ فَقَالَ «أَيْ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ وَهَذِهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمِ الْمَصَاحِفُ لَمْ يُصْبِحُوا يَتَعَلَّقُوا بِالْحَرْفِ مِمَّا جَاءَتْهُمْ بِهِ أَنْبِيَاؤُهُمْ أَلَا وَإِنَّ مِنْ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ أَهْلُهُ» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ