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tabarani:18659Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Mindah al-Aṣbahānī > Isḥāq b. Zayd al-Khaṭṭābī > Muḥammad b. Sulaymān b. Abū Dāwud > And Ḥshī b. Ḥarb b. Waḥshī from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Knowledge will soon be taken away from people until they will not even be able to gain anything from it." Ziyad bin Labid said, "How can knowledge be taken away from us when we have read the Quran and our children have also read it?" He (the Prophet) said, "May your mother lose you, Ziyad bin Labid! These Torah and Gospel are in the hands of the Jews and Christians, but they do not raise them above their heads."  

الطبراني:١٨٦٥٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ مِنْدَهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْخَطَّابِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ ثنا وَحْشِيُّ بْنُ حَرْبِ بْنِ وَحْشِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «يُوشِكُ الْعِلْمُ أَنْ يُخْتَلَسَ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى لَا تَقْدُرُونَ مِنْهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ» فَقَالَ زِيَادُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ وَكَيْفَ يُخْتَلَسُ مِنَّا الْعِلْمُ وَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا الْقُرْآنَ وأَقْرَأْنَاهُ أَبْنَاءَنَا؟ قَالَ «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا ابْنَ لَبِيدٍ هَذِهِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ بِأَيْدِي الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى مَا يَرْفَعُونَ بِهَا رَأْسًا»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Dārimī, Ḥākim

Knowledge will be snatched away from people and khushūʿ (respectful humility with Allah) will be the first of it

tirmidhi:2653ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr > Abīh Jubayr b. Nufayr > Abū al-Dardāʾ

from Abu Ad-Darda who said: "We were with the Prophet ﷺ when he raised his sight to the sky, then he said: 'This is the time when knowledge is to be taken from the people, until what remains of it shall not amount to anything." So Ziyad bin Labid Al-Ansari said: 'How will it be taken from us while we recite the Qur'an. By Allah we recite it, and our women and children recite it?' He ﷺ said: 'May you be bereaved of your mother O Ziyad! I used to consider you among the Fuqaha of the people of Al-Madinah. The Tawrah and Injil are with the Jews and Christians, but what do they avail of them?'" Jubair said: "So I met 'Ubadah bin As-Samit and said to him: 'Have you not heard what your brother Abu Ad-Darda said?' Then I informed him of what Abu Ad-Darda said. He said: 'Abu Ad-Darda spoke the truth. If you wish, we shall narrated to you about the first knowledge to be removed from the people: It is Khushu', soon you will enter the congregational Masjid, but not see any man in it with Khushu'.'"  

الترمذي:٢٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَشَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا أَوَانٌ يُخْتَلَسُ الْعِلْمُ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى لاَ يَقْدِرُوا مِنْهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ زِيَادُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ كَيْفَ يُخْتَلَسُ مِنَّا وَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَنَقْرَأَنَّهُ وَلَنُقْرِئَنَّهُ نِسَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَنَا فَقَالَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا زِيَادُ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَعُدُّكَ مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَذِهِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالإِنْجِيلُ عِنْدَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى فَمَاذَا تُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ قَالَ جُبَيْرٌ فَلَقِيتُ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ قُلْتُ أَلاَ تَسْمَعُ إِلَى مَا يَقُولُ أَخُوكَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ صَدَقَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنْ شِئْتَ لأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ بِأَوَّلِ عِلْمٍ يُرْفَعُ مِنَ النَّاسِ الْخُشُوعُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَسْجِدَ جَمَاعَةٍ فَلاَ تَرَى فِيهِ رَجُلاً خَاشِعًا  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَمُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثِقَةٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ غَيْرَ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيِدٍ الْقَطَّانِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ نَحْوُ هَذَا وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
darimi:296ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr > Abīh Jubyar b. Nufayr > Abū al-Dardāʾ

from Abu Ad-Darda who said: "We were with the Prophet ﷺ when he raised his sight to the sky, then he said: 'This is the time when knowledge is to be taken from the people, until what remains of it shall not amount to anything." So Ziyad bin Labid Al-Ansari said: 'How will it be taken from us while we recite the Qur'an. By Allah we recite it, and our women and children recite it?' He ﷺ said: 'May you be bereaved of your mother O Ziyad! I used to consider you among the Fuqaha of the people of Al-Madinah. The Tawrah and Injil are with the Jews and Christians, but what do they avail of them?'" Jubair said: "So I met 'Ubadah bin As-Samit and said to him: 'Have you not heard what your brother Abu Ad-Darda said?' Then I informed him of what Abu Ad-Darda said. He said: 'Abu Ad-Darda spoke the truth. If you wish, we shall narrated to you about the first knowledge to be removed from the people: It is Khushu', soon you will enter the congregational Masjid, but not see any man in it with Khushu'.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2653)  

الدارمي:٢٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جُبْيَرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَشَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا أَوَانُ يُخْتَلَسُ الْعِلْمُ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى لَا يَقْدِرُوا مِنْهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ» فَقَالَ زِيَادُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ يُخْتَلَسُ مِنَّا وَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا الْقُرْآنَ؟ فَوَاللَّهِ لَنَقْرَأَنَّهُ وَلَنُقْرِئَنَّهُ نِسَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَنَا فَقَالَ «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا زِيَادُ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَعُدُّكَ مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَذِهِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ عِنْدَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى فَمَاذَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ؟» قَالَ جُبَيْرٌ فَلَقِيتُ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَلَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ أَخُوكَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي قَالَ قَالَ صَدَقَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنْ شِئْتَ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ بِأَوَّلِ عِلْمٍ يُرْفَعُ مِنَ النَّاسِ الْخُشُوعُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَسْجِدَ الْجَمَاعَةِ فَلَا تَرَى فِيهِ رَجُلًا خَاشِعًا  

hakim:338Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl al-Qāriʾ And ʾAbū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Jubayr b. Nufayr > Abīh Jubayr > Abū al-Dardāʾ

[Machine] "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , when he glanced with his eyes towards the sky and then said, 'This is the time when knowledge will be taken away from people until they will not be able to learn anything from it.' Ziyad ibn Labid al-Ansari said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how will knowledge be taken away from us when we have read the Qur'an? By Allah, we will recite it and teach it to our women and children.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'May your mother grieve for you, O Ziyad! I used to consider you among the knowledgeable people of Madinah. This Torah and Injil (Gospel) are with the Jews and Christians, so what will be the use of them?' Jubair said, 'I met Ubadah ibn as-Samit and said to him, 'Don't you listen to what your brother Abu ad-Darda is saying?' I informed him about what he said. He replied, 'Abu ad-Darda has spoken the truth. If you wish, I can tell you about the first knowledge to be lifted from people, which is khushu (humility and submissiveness in prayer). Soon, you will enter a congregational mosque, but you will not find a single person in it who is truly humble.'"  

الحاكم:٣٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْقَارِئُ وَأَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَشَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا أَوَانُ يُخْتَلَسُ الْعِلْمُ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى لَا يَقْدِرُوا مِنْهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ» قَالَ فَقَالَ زِيَادُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ يُخْتَلَسُ مِنَّا وَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَنَقْرَأَنَّهُ وَلَنُقْرِئَنَّهُ نِسَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَنَا فَقَالَ «ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا زِيَادُ إِنِّي كُنْتُ لَأَعُدُّكَ مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَذَا التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ عِنْدَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى فَمَاذَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ؟» قَالَ جُبَيْرٌ فَلَقِيتُ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَلَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ أَخُوكَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ وَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي قَالَ قَالَ صَدَقَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنْ شِئْتَ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ بِأَوَّلِ عِلْمٍ يُرْفَعُ مِنَ النَّاسِ الْخُشُوعُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَسْجِدَ الْجَمَاعَةِ فَلَا تَرَى فِيهِ رَجُلًا خَاشِعًا  

«هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْبَصْرِيِّينَ» وَفِيهِ شَاهِدٌ رَابِعٌ عَلَى صِحَّةِ الْحَدِيثِ وَهُوَ عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ «وَلَعَلَّ مُتَوَهِّمًا أَنَّ جُبَيْرَ بْنَ نُفَيْرٍ رَوَاهُ مَرَّةً عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ وَمَرَّةً عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ فَيَصِيرُ بِهِ الْحَدِيثُ مُطَوَّلًا وَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ رُوَاةَ الْإِسْنَادَيْنِ جَمِيعًا ثِقَاتٌ وَجُبَيْرُ بْنُ نُفَيْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ مِنْ أَكَابِرِ تَابِعِيِّ الشَّامِ فَإِذَا صَحَّ الْحَدِيثُ عَنْهُ الْإِسْنَادَيْنِ جَمِيعًا فَقَدْ ظَهَرَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ مِنَ الصَّحَابِيَّيْنِ جَمِيعًا وَالدَّلِيلُ الْوَاضِحُ عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْتُهُ أَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ قَدْ رُوِيَ بِإِسْنَادٍ صَحِيحٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ الَّذِي ذُكِرَ مُرَاجَعَتُهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحَدِيثَيْنِ» إسناده صحيح