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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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The life of the salaf between word and deed.

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The merit of the people of hadith.

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Budayl ibn Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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I, along with Ibrahim ibn Sa‘id al-Jawhari, visited Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him,

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on the day he passed away,

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or he passed away on the night preceding that day.

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He said:

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Ahmad began saying to us:

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"Hold fast to the Sunnah."

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"Hold fast to the traditions (athar)."

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"Hold fast to the hadith."

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"Do not write down the opinion of so-and-so or the opinion of so-and-so."

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He then named the proponents of personal opinion (ahl al-ra'y).

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Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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Seeking hadith in this era

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is superior to all other types of voluntary worship,

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because of the fading and neglect of the Sunnah,

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and the emergence of innovations and the dominance of their proponents.

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Some of the salaf said:

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There is no one among the people of knowledge

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but that there is a radiance upon his face,

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due to the saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him:

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"May Allah brighten the face of a person who hears something from us,

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and conveys it just as he heard it."

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The state of the salaf and the people of knowledge during disagreements.

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There was a discussion between Abu Bakr and ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both,

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meaning a dispute regarding a certain matter.

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Abu Bakr angered ‘Umar,

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so ‘Umar turned away from him in anger.

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Abu Bakr followed him, asking him to seek forgiveness for him,

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but he would not do so until he closed his door in his face.

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So Abu Bakr went to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

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"As for your companion here, he has indeed ventured too far."

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‘Umar regretted what he had done,

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so he came, greeted him, and sat with the Prophet, peace be upon him.

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He recounted the story to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, became angry.

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Abu Bakr began saying:

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"By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I was the one who was more in the wrong."

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‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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I and Ibn ‘Umar were

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leaning against the chamber of ‘A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

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and we could hear her using the siwak to brush her teeth.

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He said: I said, "O Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman,

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did the Prophet, peace be upon him, perform ‘Umrah in Rajab?"

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He said, "Yes."

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I said to ‘A'ishah, "O Mother,

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do you not hear what Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman is saying?"

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She said, "What is he saying?"

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I said, "He says

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the Prophet, peace be upon him, performed ‘Umrah in Rajab."

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She said:

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"May Allah forgive Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman.

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By my life, he never performed ‘Umrah in Rajab,

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nor did he perform an ‘Umrah

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except that he was with him."

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He said:

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Ibn ‘Umar was listening,

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yet he said neither no nor yes;

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he remained silent.

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And he, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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Abu Musa and Abu Mas‘ud entered

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upon ‘Ammar ibn Yasir, may Allah be pleased with them all,

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when ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, had sent him

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to the people of Kufa to mobilize them.

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He said:

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"We have never seen you do anything we disliked more

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than your haste in this matter since you embraced Islam."

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‘Ammar said:

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"I have never seen anything from you both since you embraced Islam

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that I disliked more than your slowness in this matter."

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Abu Mas‘ud said—

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and he was a man of means—

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"O boy, bring two garments."

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He gave one to Abu Musa and the other to ‘Ammar,

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and said:

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"Go in them to the Friday prayer."

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Other benefits.

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‘A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said:

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"Excellent are the women of the Ansar;

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modesty did not prevent them from seeking understanding in the religion."

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Mujahid, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"Knowledge is not acquired by the shy nor the arrogant."

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Al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"Whoever seeks leadership through knowledge prematurely,

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misses out on much knowledge."

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Wuhayb ibn al-Ward, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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A parable was struck for the scholars of evil.

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It was said:

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"The likeness of the evil scholar

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is like a stone in a water channel;

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it neither drinks the water itself,

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nor does it let the water pass to the trees so they may live."

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Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"The status of one who seeks knowledge to benefit from it

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is like that of a slave who seeks everything that pleases his master;

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he seeks to endear himself to him and draw near to him,

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and to have a high status with him,

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so that he finds nothing with him that he dislikes."

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Bilal ibn Abi Burdah, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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"Do not let the evil of what you see in us prevent you

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from accepting the best of what you hear."

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From al-Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, who said:

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"Knowledge is only lost through

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forgetfulness and abandoning review."

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From Makhul, may Allah have mercy on him, who said:

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"Knowledge should only be taken from one whose pursuit of it is attested."

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From Abu Bakr ibn ‘Ayyash, may Allah have mercy on him, who said:

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"Entering into knowledge is easy,

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but exiting from it to Allah is difficult."

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From Musa al-Juhani, who said:

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Talhah ibn Musarrif, may Allah have mercy on him,

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whenever disagreement was mentioned in his presence, would say:

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"Do not call it disagreement,

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but call it expansion."

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It was said to ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, may Allah have mercy on him:

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"O Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman,

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until when will you write this hadith?"

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He replied:

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"Perhaps the word by which I will benefit

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is one I have not yet written."

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The life of the salaf

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between word and deed.