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ahmad:22879 – Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ibn Lahīʿah > Jamīl al-Aslamī > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Allah! Do not let me live in a time or let you live in a time where the knowledgeable are not followed, and the forbearing are not respected. Their hearts are like the hearts of non-Arabs, and their tongues are like the tongues of Arabs."

أحمد:٢٢٨٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَمِيلٌ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُمَّ لَا يُدْرِكْنِي زَمَانٌ أَوْ لَا تُدْرِكُوا زَمَانًا لَا يُتْبَعُ فِيهِ الْعَلِيمُ وَلَا يُسْتَحَى فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَلِيمِ قُلُوبُهُمْ قُلُوبُ الْأَعَاجِمِ وَأَلْسِنَتُهُمْ أَلْسِنَةُ الْعَرَبِ

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hakim:8557 – Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Baghdādī > Yaḥyá b. ʿUthmān b. Ṣāliḥ from my father > Bakr b. Muḍar > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Jamīl b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'O Allah, do not let me live in a time where I do not acquire knowledge or where people do not follow knowledge and are not ashamed before the patient hearts of the non-Arabs and their tongues are the tongues of the Arabs.'"

الحاكم:٨٥٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ لَا يُدْرِكُنِي زَمَانٌ أَوْ لَا أُدْرِكُ زَمَانَ قَوْمٍ لَا يَتَّبِعُونَ الْعِلْمَ وَلَا يَسْتَحْيُونَ مِنَ الْحَلِيمِ قُلُوبِهُمُ الْأَعَاجِمُ وَأَلْسِنَتُهُمْ أَلْسِنَةُ الْعَرَبِ»

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ صحيح

suyuti:9865a –
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السيوطي:٩٨٦٥a –

"اللَّهُمَّ لَا يُدْرِكُنِى زَمَانٌ ولَا تُدْركوا زَمَانًا لَا يتبَعُ فيهِ الْعَلِيمُ، ولَا يُسْتَحْيَا ليهِ مِنَ الْحَلِيم، قَلُوبُهُم قُلُوبُ الأَعَاجِمِ وَألْسِنَتُهُمْ أَلْسِنَةُ الْعَرَبِ" .

[حم] أحمد عن سهل بن سعد، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن أبي هريرة