ذِكْرُ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ

[Machine] For me, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , interested in learning Syriac? Verily, books in the Syriac language come to me." I said, "No." He said, "Then learn it." So I learned it in seventeen days.  

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تُحْسِنُ السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ؟ إِنَّهَا تَأْتِينِي كُتُبٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَتَعَلَّمْهَا فَتَعَلَّمْتُهَا فِي سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا  

[Machine] There was a Sahabi called Thabit ibn Ubaid who asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "Do you speak Syriac?" I said, "No." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Learn it, for it brings us books." So, within seventeen days, I learned it. Al-A'mash said, "Books used to come to him and no one could read them except those who trusted him." This Hadith is considered Sahih if it is proven that Thabit ibn Ubaid heard it from Zaid ibn Thabit without any interruption.  

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتُحْسِنُ السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ؟» فَقُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «فَتَعَلَّمْهَا فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِينَا كُتُبٌ» فَتَعَلَّمْتُهَا فِي سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ «كَانَتْ تَأْتِيَهُ كُتُبٌ لَا يَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا مَنْ يَثِقُ بِهِ» صَحِيحٌ إِنْ كَانَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح إن كان ثابت سمعه من زيد  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "There are books that I do not like anyone to read. Will you be able to learn them and improve your character?" I said, "No." He said, "Then learn them." So I learned them in seventeen days, the wording of the hadith from Ibn al-Fadl.  

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَأْتِينِي كُتُبٌ لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَهَا أَحَدٌ فَتُحْسِنُ السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَتَعَلَّمْهَا فَتَعَلَّمْتُهَا فِي سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ الْفَضْلِ  

"عَنْ زَيدِ بنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: قَالَ لِى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : أَتُحْسِن السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ فَإِنَّهَا تَأتِينِى كُتُبٌ قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: فَتَعلَّمْهَا، فَتَعَلَّمتُهَا فِى سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا".