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hakim:339Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Ibn Labīd al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is the time of the disappearance of knowledge." Shu'bah (narrator) said, "Or he said, the time of the interruption of knowledge." They asked, "How can this be when we have the Book of Allah, and we teach it to our children and their children?" He (the Messenger of Allah) replied, "May your mother lose you! I thought you were one of the most knowledgeable people in Madinah. Are not the Jews and Christians among them who have the Book of Allah, the Torah and the Gospel, but they do not benefit from it in any way?" "The hadith is well established without any doubt, with the narration of Ziyad ibn Labid with a clear chain of transmission."  

الحاكم:٣٣٩أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنِ ابْنِ لَبِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هَذَا أَوَانُ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَوْ قَالَ «أَوَانُ انْقِطَاعِ الْعِلْمِ» قَالُوا كَيْفَهُ وَفِينَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ تُعَلِّمُهُ أَبْنَاؤُنَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ؟ قَالَ «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ ابْنَ لَبِيدٍ مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسِبُكَ إِلَّا مِنْ أَعْقِلِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَلَيْسَ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى فِيهِمْ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ لَمْ يَنْتَفِعُوا مِنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ» «قَدْ ثَبَتَ الْحَدِيثُ بِلَا رَيْبٍ فِيهِ بِرِوَايَةِ زِيَادِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ الْوَاضِحِ»  


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ahmad:17920Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Ibn Labīd al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is the time when knowledge will disappear." Shu'bah (narrator) said, or he said, "This is the time when knowledge will be cut off." So I said, "Then how will we teach the Book of Allah to our children, and how will our children teach it to their children?" He said, "May your mother lose you! Ibn Labid was not mistaken about you. Did I not think that you were one of the most understanding of the people of Madinah? Are not the Jews and Christians among them people who have the book of Allah, the Most High? "Shu'bah (narrator) said, or he said, "Are not the Jews and Christians among them people who have the Torah and the Injil, and yet they do not benefit from it at all?" He said, or he said, "Are not the Jews and Christians, or the people of the book, among them?"  

أحمد:١٧٩٢٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ لَبِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَذَا أَوَانُ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَوْ قَالَ هَذَا أَوَانُ انْقِطَاعِ الْعِلْمِ فَقُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ وَفِينَا كِتَابُ اللهِ نُعَلِّمُهُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَيُعَلِّمُهُ أَبْنَاؤُنَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ؟ قَالَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ ابْنَ لَبِيدٍ مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسَبُكَ إِلَّا مِنْأَعْقَلِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَلَيْسَ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى فِيهِمْ كِتَابُ اللهِ تَعَالَى؟ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَوْ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى فِيهِمُ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْتَفِعُوا مِنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ؟ أَوْ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى أَوْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ شُعْبَةُ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ فِيهِمْ كِتَابُ اللهِ  

tabarani:5292Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Sālim > Ibn Labīd al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is the time when knowledge will disappear." I asked, "How can that be when we have the Book of Allah to teach our children and they teach it to their children?" He said, "May your mother lose you! Ibn Labeed, I thought you were one of the most intelligent people of Medina. Are not the Jews and Christians among them? They have the Book of Allah, the Torah and the Gospel, but they have not benefited from it in any way."  

الطبراني:٥٢٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ لَبِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَذَا أَوَانُ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ» قُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ وَفِينَا كِتَابُ اللهِ نُعَلِّمُهُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَيُعَلِّمُهُ أَبْنَاؤُنَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ؟ قَالَ «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ ابْنَ لَبِيدٍ مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسِبُكَ إِلَّا مِنْ أَعْقِلِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَلَيْسَ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى فِيهِمْ كِتَابُ اللهِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ وَلَمْ يَنْتَفِعُوا مِنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ؟»