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“A wise word is the lost property of the believer, so wherever he finds it, he has more right to it.”

ابن ماجة:٤١٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ حَيْثُمَا وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا

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tirmidhi:2687 – Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. al-Walīd al-Kindī > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Ibrāhīm b. al-Faḍl > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The wise statement is the lost property of the believer, so wherever he finds it, then he is more worthy of it."

الترمذي:٢٦٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْكِنْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْمَدَنِيُّ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِفْظِهِ

suyuti:11628a –
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السيوطي:١١٦٢٨a –

"الكَلِمَةُ الحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِن- فَحَيثُ وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بَهَا".

[ت] الترمذي وضعفه، [هـ] ابن ماجة [عق] العقيلى في الضعفاء عن أبي هريرة، أبو الفتيان في عواليه، وابن عساكر عن الأشج، ابن أبي الدنيا عن علي