[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.'"  

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