[Machine] About something he says, "I don't know." If they respond to him, he says, "I swear to you by Allah, if I had knowledge of it."
عَنْ شَيْءٍ يَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي فَإِنْ رُدُّوا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ إِنْي حَلَفْتُ لَكَ بِاللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ
[Machine] "Abdullah, how are you when you wear a temptation in which the great ones become disoriented and the small ones grow up and people take it as a tradition? And when it is changed, they say, 'The tradition has changed.' They say, 'And when will that be, O Abu Abdur Rahman?' He said, 'When your readers become numerous, your scholars become few, your leaders become many, and your trustworthy ones become few, and when the worldly life is sought through the actions of the Hereafter.'"
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا لَبِسَتْكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ يَهْرَمُ فِيهَا الْكَبِيرُ وَيَرْبُو فِيهَا الصَّغِيرُ وَيَتَّخِذُهَا النَّاسُ سُنَّةً فَإِذَا غُيِّرَتْ قَالُوا غُيِّرَتِ السُّنَّةُ قَالُوا وَمَتَى ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا كَثُرَتْ قُرَّاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ فُقَهَاؤُكُمْ وَكَثُرَتْ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ وَقَلَّتْ أُمَنَاؤُكُمْ وَالْتُمِسَتِ الدُّنْيَا بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ»
[Machine] It is said, "Woe to those who indulge in matters other than worship and those who make the prohibited permissible by means of doubtful actions."
يُقَالُ «وَيْلٌ لِلْمُتَفَقِّهِينَ لِغَيْرِ الْعِبَادَةِ وَالْمُسْتَحِلِّينَ الحرماتِ بِالشُّبُهَاتِ»
[Machine] "Regarding something that I had a severe issue with, I said, may Allah have mercy on you, look into it. He said, 'If the path becomes clear to me and I find evidence, I will not hold back.'"
عَنْ شَيْءٍ وَكَانَتْ عِنْدِي مَسْأَلَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ فَقُلْتُ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ انْظُرْ فِيهَا قَالَ «إِذَا وَضَحَ لِيَ الطَّرِيقُ وَوَجَدْتُ الْأَثَرَ لَمْ أَحْبَسْ»
[Machine] Ibn Mas'ood said: "Do not seek knowledge for three reasons: to argue with fools, to debate with scholars, and to attract people's attention towards yourselves. Seek with your words what is with Allah, for it will endure and remain, while everything else will eventually perish."
ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «لَا تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ لِثَلَاثٍ لِتُمَارُوا بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ وَتُجَادِلُوا بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَلِتَصْرِفُوا بِهِ وُجُوهَ النَّاسِ إِلَيْكُمْ وَابْتَغُوا بِقَوْلِكُمْ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ يَدُومُ وَيَبْقَى وَيَنْفَدُ مَا سِوَاهُ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No one seeks this knowledge except for worldly gains, but Allah will prohibit them from entering Paradise on the Day of Judgment."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَطْلُبُ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ أَحَدٌ لَا يُرِيدُ بِهِ إِلَّا الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَرْفَ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
[Machine] Abu Darda said, "Whoever increases in knowledge, increases in pain."
أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ «مَنْ يَزْدَدْ عِلْمًا يَزْدَدْ وَجَعًا»
[Machine] Abu Darda used to say, when he spoke about a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "This is it, or similar to it, or resembling it, or bearing its form."
كَانَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِحَدِيثٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ هَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ أَوْ شِبْهَهُ أَوْ شَكْلَهُ
[Machine] The translation of the given Arabic text is:
"About the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , his face would show signs of concern during certain days, and he would say, 'Like this, or something similar to this, like this or something similar to this.'"
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْأَيَّامِ تَرَبَّدَ وَجْهُهُ وَقَالَ «هَكَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ هَكَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ»
[Machine] A young man among the people said, "Overflow in the remembrance of Allah. May Allah bless you." Then the people looked at each other, wondering what they had seen. Then some of them asked, "Who commanded you to do this?" So, when you return, command us, and we will do the same."
شَابٌّ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْقَوْمِ أَفِيضُوا فِي ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكُمْ فَنَظَرَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ رَآنَا؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ مَنْ أَمَرَكَ بِهَذَا؟ فَمُرْ لَئِنْ عُدْتَ لَنَفْعَلَنَّ وَلَنَفْعَلَنَّ
[Machine] Maymun ibn Mihran wrote to me, "Beware of disputes and arguing about religion, and do not argue with a knowledgeable person or an ignorant person. As for the knowledgeable person, he will withhold his knowledge from you and not care about your actions. And as for the ignorant person, he will intimidate you and not obey you."
كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ مَيْمُونُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ إِيَّاكَ وَالْخُصُومَةَ وَالْجِدَالَ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَا تُجَادِلَنَّ عَالِمًا وَلَا جَاهِلًا أَمَّا الْعَالِمُ فَإِنَّهُ يَخْزُنُ عَنْكَ عِلْمَهُ وَلَا يُبَالِي مَا صَنَعْتَ وَأَمَّا الْجَاهِلُ فَإِنَّهُ يُخَشِّنُ بِصَدْرِكَ وَلَا يُطِيعُكَ
[Machine] "Solomon, son of David, peace be upon him, said to his son: 'Avoid disputes, for their benefits are little and they only ignite animosity among siblings.'"
سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِابْنِهِ «دَعِ الْمِرَاءَ فَإِنَّ نَفْعَهُ قَلِيلٌ وَهُوَ يُهَيِّجُ الْعَدَاوَةَ بَيْنَ الْإِخْوَانِ»
[Machine] "Indeed, if they spoke of it as they heard it, it would have been better for them."
«أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ لَوْ حَدَّثُوا بِهِ كَمَا سَمِعُوهُ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ»
[Machine] Mujahid saw a peacock in his dream, as if he was praying in the Kaaba, and the Prophet ﷺ was at the door of the Kaaba. He said to him, "O Abdullah, remove your mask and show your recitation." He said, "So it seemed that he understood this as a sign that he expanded in the conversation afterward."
رَأَى مُجَاهِدٌ طاوُوسًا فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنَّهُ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ يُصَلِّي مُتَقَنِّعًا وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى بَابِ الْكَعْبَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ «يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اكْشِفْ قِنَاعَكَ وَأَظْهِرْ قِرَاءَتَكَ» قَالَ «فَكَأَنَّهُ عَبَّرَهُ عَلَى الْعِلْمِ فَانْبَسَطَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ»
[Machine] About Dahhak, he said, "But be scholars of the divine law because of what you have been teaching from the scripture." [Al-Imran 79]. He said, "It is obligatory upon everyone who reads the Qur'an to be knowledgeable."
عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ {وَلَكِنْ كُونُوا رَبَّانِيِّينَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ الْكِتَابَ} [آل عمران 79] قَالَ «حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ أَنْ يَكُونَ فَقِيهًا»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about two men from the Children of Israel. One of them was a scholar who would pray the obligatory prayers and then sit and teach people goodness. The other would fast during the day and stand in prayer during the night. Which of them is better? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The superiority of the scholar who prays the obligatory prayers and then sits teaching people goodness over the worshipper who fasts during the day and stands in prayer during the night is like my superiority over the most inferior among you."
سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ رَجُلَيْنِ كَانَا فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَحَدُهُمَا كَانَ عَالِمًا يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فَيُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ الْخَيْرَ وَالْآخَرُ يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَضْلُ هَذَا الْعَالِمِ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي الْمَكْتُوبَةَ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ فَيُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ الْخَيْرَ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ الَّذِي يَصُومُ النَّهَارَ وَيَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ كَفَضْلِي عَلَى أَدْنَاكُمْ رَجُلًا»
[Machine] "The request for conversation today was not better than it. They (the people) said to Sufyan, 'Indeed, they seek it without intent?' He said, 'Their seeking it is with intent.'"
«مَا كَانَ طَلَبُ الْحَدِيثِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ الْيَوْمَ» قَالُوا لِسُفْيَانَ إِنَّهُمْ يَطْلُبُونَهُ بِغَيْرِ نِيَّةٍ؟ قَالَ «طَلَبُهُمْ إِيَّاهُ نِيَّةٌ»
[Machine] Knowledge is of two types: knowledge in the heart, and knowledge on the tongue. Knowledge in the heart is beneficial knowledge, and knowledge on the tongue is the evidence of Allah over the son of Adam.
الْعِلْمُ عِلْمَانِ فَعِلْمٌ فِي الْقَلْبِ فَذَلِكَ الْعِلْمُ النَّافِعُ وَعِلْمٌ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ فَذَلِكَ حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ
[Machine] It is said, "Learn knowledge and benefit from it, and do not learn it for the purpose of showing off, for it is very likely that if your life span is prolonged, the person with knowledge will show off with his knowledge just as the person with a fine garment shows off with his garment."
يُقَالُ «تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ وَانْتَفِعُوا بِهِ وَلَا تَعَلَّمُوهُ لِتَتَجَمَّلُوا بِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُوشِكُ إِنْ طَالَ بِكُمْ عُمُرٌ أَنْ يَتَجَمَّلَ ذُو الْعِلْمِ بِعِلْمِهِ كَمَا يَتَجَمَّلُ ذُو الْبِزَّةِ بِبِزَّتِهِ»
[Machine] To me, Abdullah says,"Verily, I reckon that a man forgetting knowledge that he knew is a sin that he commits."
لِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «إِنِّي لَأَحْسَبُ الرَّجُلَ يَنْسَى الْعِلْمَ كَانَ يَعْلَمُهُ لِلْخَطِيئَةِ كَانَ يَعْمَلُهَا»
[Machine] "It benefits."
أَنَّهُ يَنْفَعُ»
[Machine] "No servant increases in knowledge of Allah except that people get closer to the mercy of Allah because of him."
«مَا ازْدَادَ عَبْدٌ بِاللَّهِ عِلْمًا إِلَّا ازْدَادَ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ قُرْبًا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ»
[Machine] Abu Qilabah said, "Do not associate with the people of desires (those who follow their own whims and desires) and do not argue with them, for I fear that they may lead you astray and confuse you with what you already know."
أَبُو قِلَابَةَ «لَا تُجَالِسُوا أَهْلَ الْأَهْوَاءِ وَلَا تُجَادِلُوهُمْ فَإِنِّي لَا آمَنُ أَنْ يَغْمِسُوكُمْ فِي ضَلَالَتِهِمْ أَوْ يَلْبِسُوا عَلَيْكُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ»
[Machine] "Ibrahim did not see any innovation (in religion)."
«كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَا يَرَى غِيبَةً لِلْمُبْتَدِعِ»
[Machine] Muslim ibn Yasār used to say, "Beware of disputes, as they are the moments of ignorance of the knowledgeable, and through them, Satan seeks to make you slip."
كَانَ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ يَقُولُ «إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْمِرَاءَ فَإِنَّهَا سَاعَةُ جَهْلِ الْعَالِمِ وَبِهَا يَبْتَغِي الشَّيْطَانُ زَلَّتَهُ»
[Machine] "I have never seen anyone among the people, whether noble or lowly, except for a peacock, on which they all agree."
«مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ الشَّرِيفُ وَالْوَضِيعُ عِنْدَهُ سَوَاءٌ غَيْرَ طَاوُسٍ وَهُوَ يَحْلِفُ عَلَيْهِ»
[Machine] "We used to hate writing knowledge until the Sultan imposed it on us, so we hated to prevent anyone from acquiring it."
«كُنَّا نَكْرَهُ كِتَابَةَ الْعِلْمِ حَتَّى أَكْرَهَنَا عَلَيْهِ السُّلْطَانُ فَكَرِهْنَا أَنْ نَمْنَعَهُ أَحَدًا»
[Machine] He talked to him, so he said, "If there was a man from the Zanj, I would have Abdullah bin Muhammad with me on equal terms."
يُحَدِّثُهُ فَقَالَ «لَوْ كَانَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الزِّنْجِ لَكَانَ عِنْدِي وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي هَذَا سَوَاءً»
[Machine] "That is easier for him than for me."
«ذَلِكَ أَهْوَنُ لَهُ عَلَيَّ»
[Machine] "I have never feared anyone from the people like I fear Khalid ibn Ma'dan."
«مَا خِفْتُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ مَخَافَتِي خَالِدَ بْنَ مَعْدَانَ»
[Machine] "We used to fear the authority of Ibrahim, the prince."
«كُنَّا نَهَابُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هَيْبَةَ الْأَمِيرِ»
[Machine] "I have never seen anyone more honorable for knowledge than my father."
«مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَكْرَمَ لِلْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَبِي»
[Machine] "I do not know if I heard it from him or from Ibn 'Awn about Muhammad, 'Indeed, this knowledge is a religion, so be careful who you take your religion from.'"
لَا أَدْرِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ أَوْ لابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ دِينٌ فَانْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأْخُذُونَ دِينَكُمْ»
[Machine] "So that the interpretation of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is based on the same caution as the interpretation of the Quran."
«لِيُتَّقَى مِنْ تَفْسِيرِ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَمَا يُتَّقَى مِنْ تَفْسِيرِ الْقُرْآنِ»
[Machine] There was a peacock praying two units after Asr prayer, so Ibn Abbas said to him, "Leave them." He said, "It was only forbidden to perform them on a ladder." Ibn Abbas said, "Indeed, prayer after Asr has been forbidden, so I do not know whether you will be punished for it or rewarded, for Allah says, 'It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.'" (Quran 33:36) Sufyan said, "He considers it to be on a ladder, meaning he prays from after Asr until the night."
كَانَ طاووسٌ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «اتْرُكْهُمَا» قَالَ «إِنَّمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهَا أَنْ تُتَّخَذُ سُلَّمًا» قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ صَلَاةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَتُعَذَّبُ عَلَيْهَا أَمْ تُؤْجَرُ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ {وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقْدَ ضَلَّ ضَلَالًا مُبِينًا} [الأحزاب 36] قَالَ سُفْيَانُ تُتَّخَذَ سُلَّمًا يَقُولُ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ
[Machine] It is said, "Tell the people what they did not bring to you with their faces, and when they turn away, know that they have needs."
يُقَالُ «حَدِّثِ الْقَوْمَ مَا أَقْبَلُوا عَلَيْكَ بِوُجُوهِهِمْ فَإِذَا الْتَفَتُوا فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ حَاجَاتٍ»
Az-Zuhri brought a hadith, and I met him on some road, so I took hold of his rein and said, 'O Abu Bakr, repeat to me the hadith which you told us.' He said, 'Do you want me to repeat the hadith?' I said, 'Would you not have the hadith repeated?' He said, 'No.' I said, 'And do you not write it down?' He said, 'No.'
جَاءَ الزُّهْرِيُّ بِحَدِيثٍ فَلَقِيتُهُ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ فَأَخَذْتُ بِلِجَامِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ «أَعِدْ عَلَيَّ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي حَدَّثْتَنَا بِهِ» قَالَ وَتَسْتَعِيدُ الْحَدِيثَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ «وَمَا كُنْتَ تَسْتَعِيدُ الْحَدِيثَ؟» قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ «وَلَا تَكْتُبُ؟» قَالَ لَا
[Machine] Ibrahim used to dislike reading, meaning knowledge.
أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ «كَانَ يَكْرَهُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْنِي الْعِلْمَ »
[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "I only wrote about Muhammad the conversation of the depths, and when I memorized it, I erased it."
«مَا كَتَبْتُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَّا حَدِيثَ الْأَعْمَاقِ فَلَمَّا حَفِظْتُهُ مَحَوْتُهُ»
[Machine] This knowledge remained valuable as men continued to receive it until it was published in newspapers, then carried or entered by people who were not qualified to do so.
«مَا زَالَ هَذَا الْعِلْمُ عَزِيزًا يَتَلَقَّاهُ الرِّجَالُ حَتَّى وَقَعَ فِي الصُّحُفِ فَحَمَلَهُ أَوْ دَخَلَ فِيهِ غَيْرُ أَهْلِهِ»
[Machine] I said to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, "Why don't you write us something, as we cannot memorize?" He replied, "No, we will not write for you, nor will we make it into a Quran. Rather, keep it from us just as we have kept it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَلَا تُكْتِبُنَا فَإِنَّا لَا نَحْفَظُ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا إِنَّا لَنْ نُكْتِبَكُمْ وَلَنْ نَجْعَلَهُ قُرْآنًا وَلَكِنِ احْفَظُوا عَنَّا كَمَا حَفِظْنَا نَحْنُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ»
[Machine] Ibn Sirin said, "No, by Allah, I have never written a hadith."
قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَوْنٍ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَتَبْتُ حَدِيثًا قَطُّ قَالَ وقال ابْنُ سِيرِينَ لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا كَتَبْتُ حَدِيثًا قَطُّ
[Machine] I traveled with my father to Yazid ibn Muawiya in Hawarin after the death of Muawiya to offer our condolences and congratulate him on the caliphate. There was a man in its mosque saying, "Indeed, it is one of the signs of the Hour that the wicked will be elevated, and the good will be lowered. Indeed, it is one of the signs of the Hour that speech will be widespread, and actions will be concealed. Indeed, it is one of the signs of the Hour that the [mathnā] will be recited, and no one will be found has changed it." He was asked, "What is the mathnā?" He replied, "It is what is written from books other than the Quran. So, adhere to the Quran, for with it you are guided, rewarded, and questioned." I did not know who the man was, and I narrated this incident later in Homs. A man from the people said to me, "Do you not know him?" I said, "No." He said, "That was Abdullah ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with him)."
وَفَدْتُ مَعَ أَبِي إِلَى يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بِحُوَّارَيْنَ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ مُعَاوِيَةُ نُعَزِّيهِ وَنُهَنِّيهِ بِالْخِلَافَةِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ فِي مَسْجِدِهَا يَقُولُ أَلَا إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ الْأَشْرَارُ وَيُوضَعَ الْأَخْيَارُ أَلَا إِنَّ «مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ الْقَوْلُ وَيُخْزَنَ الْعَمَلُ أَلَا إِنَّ مِنْ أَشْرَاطِ السَّاعَةِ أَنْ تُتْلَى الْمَثْنَاةُ فَلَا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يُغَيِّرُهَا» قِيلَ لَهُ وَمَا الْمَثْنَاةُ؟ قَالَ «مَا اسْتُكْتِبَ مِنْ كِتَابٍ غَيْرِ الْقُرْآنِ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقُرْآنِ فَبِهِ هُدِيتُمْ وَبِهِ تُجْزَوْنَ وَعَنْهُ تُسْأَلُونَ» فَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَنِ الرَّجُلُ فَحَدَّثْتُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِحِمْصَ فَقَالَ لِي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَوَ مَا تَعْرِفُهُ؟ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ؓ
[Machine] About his father, Abdullah said, "I saw a man with a paper in which it was written: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar. I asked him to give it to me, but he refused. Then, he promised to give it to me later. So, I came to Abdullah and found it with him. He said, 'What is in this book is innovation, temptation, and misguidance. Indeed, those who came before you were destroyed because of things like this. They wrote it and their tongues enjoyed it, and their hearts were filled with it. Therefore, I am determined that whoever knows the whereabouts of this book, except if he indicates it, I will take an oath by Allah.' Shu'bah asked, 'Did he take an oath by Allah?' He said, 'I think he did, for if it were mentioned to him at the monastery of Hind, we would see him coming even if it was far away in Kufa, even on foot.'"
عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مَعَ رَجُلٍ صَحِيفَةً فِيهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَنْسِخْنِيهَا فَكَأَنَّهُ بَخِلَ بِهَا ثُمَّ وَعَدَنِي أَنْ يُعْطِيَنِيهَا فَأَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ مَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ بِدْعَةٌ وَفِتْنَةٌ وَضَلَالَةٌ وَإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ هَذَا وَأَشْبَاهُ هَذَا إِنَّهُمْ كَتَبُوهَا فَاسْتَلَذَّتْهَا أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأُشْرِبَتْهَا قُلُوبُهُمْ فَأَعْزِمُ عَلَى كُلِّ امْرِئٍ يَعْلَمُ مكانِ كِتَابٍ إِلَّا دَلَّ عَلَيْهِ وَأُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَأَقْسَمَ بِاللَّهِ؟ قَالَ أَحْسَبُهُ أَقْسَمَ لَوْ أَنَّهَا ذُكِرَتْ لهُ بِديرِ لهنْدِ نُراهُ يَعْنِي مَكَانًا بِالْكُوفَةِ بَعِيدًا لأتيْتهُ وَلَوْ مَشْيًا
[Machine] It is said, "Whoever does not write their knowledge, their knowledge is not considered knowledge."
يُقَالُ «مَنْ لَمْ يَكْتُبْ عِلْمَهُ لَمْ يُعَدَّ عِلْمُهُ عِلْمًا»
[Machine] Anas used to say to his sons, "O my sons, document this knowledge."
أَنَّ أَنَسًا كَانَ يَقُولُ لِبَنِيهِ «يَا بَنِيَّ قَيِّدُوا هَذَا الْعِلْمَ»
[Machine] He said, "Document this knowledge in the book."
أَنَّهُ قَالَ «قَيِّدُوا هَذَا الْعِلْمَ بِالْكِتَابِ»
[Machine] "I saw them writing the explanation at Mujahid's."
«رَأَيْتُهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ التَّفْسِيرَ عِنْدَ مُجَاهِدٍ»
[Machine] Ata Ibn Abi Rabah used to be asked about things and he would write down what he would answer with in front of him.
كَانَ «يُسْأَلُ عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ وَيُكْتَبُ مَا يُجِيبَ فِيهِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ»
[Machine] Ibrahim used to not start a conversation until he was asked.
كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ «لَا يَبْتَدِئُ الْحَدِيثَ حَتَّى يُسْأَلَ»