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We were hearing the narration in Basra and from the companions of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and we were not satisfied until we rode to Medina and heard it from their mouths.
إن كنا نسمع الرواية بالبصرة وعن أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فلم نرضى حتى ركبنا إلى المدينة فسمعناها من أفواههم
How long do you write a hadith? He said that perhaps the word I would benefit from had not yet been heard
إلى كم تكتب الحديث؟ قال لعل الكلمة التي أنتفع بها لم أسمعها بعد
Malik bin Anas, may God have mercy on him, led to his pursuit of knowledge until he demolished the roof of his house, so he sold his wood, and then the world turned towards him after that.
أفضى بمالك بن أنس رحمه الله طلب العلم إلى أن نقض سقف بيته فباع خشبه ثم مالت عليه الدنيا بعد
Understand before you prevail
تفقه قبل أن تسودوا
Whenever we saw a young man speaking in a council, we would feel good about him
كنا إذا رأينا الشاب يتكلم في المجلس أيسنا من خيره
It happened before he needed it
من حدث قبل أن يحتاج إليه ذل
I did not find anyone who sold his afterlife for the worldly life of anyone other than the mufti
ما وجدت من باع آخرته بدنيا غيره إلا المفتي
I did not issue a fatwa until seventy testified that I was qualified to do so
ما أفتيت حتى شهد لي سبعون أني أهل لذلك
I did not respond to the youth until I asked someone who was more knowledgeable than me, did he see me as a place? So I asked Rabi’ah and I asked Yahya bin Saeed, so he ordered me to do that. He was told, “O Abu Abdullah, let him curse you” and said, “I was finishing. A man should not see himself worthy of anything until he asks someone who is more knowledgeable than him.”
ما أجبت في الفتيى حتى سألت من هو أعلم مني هل يراني موضعا لذلك سألت ربيعة وسألت يحيى بن سعيد فأمراني بذلك قيل له يا أبا عبد الله فلونهوك وقال كنت أنتهي لا ينبغي للرجل أن يرى نفسه أهلا لشي حتى يسأل من هو أعلم منه
Not everyone likes to sit in the mosque to talk, and the young man sits until he consults the people of righteousness and virtue and the people of the area of the mosque. If they see him as worthy of that, he sits. I did not sit until seventy sheikhs of knowledge testified to me that I am worthy of that.
ليس كل من أحب أن يجلس في المسجد للحديث والفتيى جلس حتى يشاور فيه أهل الصلاح والفضل وأهل الجهة من المسجد فإن رأوه لذلك أهلا جلس وما جلست حتى شهد لي سبعون شيخا من أهل العلم أني موضع لذلك
The people who are the most daring about youth are the least knowledgeable. A man has only one branch of knowledge and thinks that the truth is all there
أجرأ الناس على الفتيى أقلهم علما يكون عند الرجل باب واحد من العلم فيظن أن الحق كله فيه
Questions come to you that are well-known and understandable, so you ask for an answer to them. He said that the speed of answering correctly is more temptation than the temptation of money.
تأتيك المسائل مشهورة مفهومة فتأبل جواب فيها فقال سرعة الجواب بالصواب أشد فتنة من فتنة المال
You find a man who is patient with fasting and prayer and refrains from fulfilling his needs, but when the youth comes, he is not patient
تجد الرجل يصبر على الصيام والصلاة ويتورع عن الحاجات فإذا جاءت الفتيى لم يصبر
Whoever takes the lead prematurely has confronted his humiliation
من تصدر قبل أوانه فقد تصدا لهوانه
They learned science and taught it to people Learn dignity and serenity And be humble to those you learn from And do not be mighty scholars
تعلموا العلم وعلموه الناس
تعلموا الوقار والسكينة
وتواضعوا لمن تعلمتم منه
ولا تكونوا جبابرة العلماء
A man of knowledge is not of a place So that he does not envy those above him He is not despised without Him He does not seek any price for knowledge
لا يكون الرجل من العلم بمكان
حتى لا يحسد من فوقه
ولا يحقر من دونه
ولا يبتغي بالعلم ثمنا
You cannot speak to a people that their minds cannot understand Except that some of them were tempted
ما أنت بمحدث قوما حديثا لا تبلغه عقولهم
إلا كان لبعضهم فتنة
Salman, may God be pleased with him, was accompanied by a man from Ibn Abs So he drank a drink from the Tigris Salman said to him, “Come back and drink.” He said, “I have narrated it.” He said, “Do you think this drink of yours has decreased anything from Tigris’ money?” He said, “Whatever drink I drink is not diminished.” He also said that knowledge does not perish So seek knowledge that will benefit you
وصحب سلمان رضي الله عنه رجل من بن عبس
فشرب شربة من دجلة
فقال له سلمان عد فاشرب
قال قد رويت
قال أترى شربتك هذه نقصت من مال دجلة شيئا
قال وما تنقص شربة شربتها
قال كذلك العلم لا يفنى
فابتغي من العلم ما ينفعك
Be divine, that is, dreamers and jurists It is said that the Lord is the one who raises people with little knowledge before great knowledge
كونوا ربانيين أي حلماء فقهاء
ويقال الرباني الذي يرب الناس بصغار العلم قبل كباره
If you acquire this knowledge through persistence, it will defeat you and you will not gain anything from it But take it with the days and nights as a companion and you will find it
إن هذا العلم إن أخذته بالمكاثرة غلبك ولم تظفر منه بشيء
ولكن خذه مع الأيام والليالي أخذا رفيقا تظفر به
I see people have taken control of themselves If you are asked about the issue, stop trying to get rid of it for yourself Then to the one who asked you
إني أرى الناس قد ملكوك أمر أنفسهم
فإذا سئلت عن المسألة فاطل بالخلاص منها لنفسك
ثم للذي سألك
Whoever seeks hadith has sought the highest matters He must be the best of people
من طلب الحديث فقد طلب أعلى الأمور
فيجب أن يكون خير الناس
Nothing is more beautiful than knowledge and dream
ما جمع شيء إلى شيء أزين من علم إلى حلم
A little success is better than a lot of knowledge
توفيق قليل خير من علم كثير
It is success
إنما هو التوفيق
What temptation has left you? He said: What temptation did you see me in? He said, “I saw them kissing your hand and you did not stop them.”
ما أبقت الفتنة منك
فقال وأي فتنة رأيتني فيها
قال رأيتهم يقبلون يدك ولا تمنعهم
Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said to a man Do you know what destroys Islam? He said no He said He is destroyed by the slip of the world A hypocritical argument about the book And the ruling of misguided imams
قال عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه لرجل
هل تعرف ما يهدم الإسلام؟
قال لا
قال
يهدمه زلة العالم
وجدال منافق بالكتاب
وحكم الأئمة المضلين
On the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with them both, he said Do you know what the loss of knowledge is? They said no He said Scientists go
وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال
هل تدرون ما ذهاب العلم؟
قالوا لا
قال
ذهاب العلماء
On the authority of Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may God have mercy on him, he said: They were saying The death of the world is a mark in Islam It is not blocked by anything different day and night
وعن الحسن البصري رحمه الله قال
كانوا يقولون
موت العالم ثلمة في الإسلام
لا يسدها شيء مختلف الليل والنهار
Muhammad bin Al-Mankadir, may God have mercy on him, said The jurist comes between God and His servants Let him see how he enters
وقال محمد بن المنكدر رحمه الله
الفقيه يدخل بين الله وبين عباده
فلينظر كيف يدخل
Abu Jaafar said Muhammad bin Ali, may God have mercy on him By God, the death of a scholar is more beloved to Satan than the death of seventy worshipers
وقال أبو جعفر
محمد بن علي رحمه الله
والله لموت عالم أحب إلى إبليس من موت سبعين عابدا
He also said, may God have mercy on him A scholar who benefits from his knowledge is better than a thousand worshipers
وقال أيضا رحمه الله
عالم ينتفع بعلمه أفضل من ألف عابد
Ibn Muhairiz, may God have mercy on him, said We believed that action was better than science Today, we are more in need of knowledge than of action
وقال ابن محيريز رحمه الله
كنا نرى أن العمل أفضل من العلم
ونحن اليوم إلى العلم أحوج منا إلى العمل
Muhammad bin Sirin, may God have mercy on him, said This science is a religion So look from whom you take your religion
وقال محمد بن سيرين رحمه الله
إن هذا العلم دين
فانظروا عن من تأخذون دينكم
Abdul Ala Al-Taymi, may God have mercy on him, said Whoever is given knowledge does not make him cry It is likely that he will not be given knowledge that will benefit him Because God Almighty called the scholars
وقال عبد الأعلى التيمي رحمه الله
إن من أوتي من العلم ما لا يبكيه
لخليق أن لا يكون أوتي علما ينفعه
لأن الله تعالى نعت العلماء
On the authority of Sufyan Al-Thawri, may God have mercy on him, he said: This hadith is glorious Whoever wants the world, he will get this world And whoever wants the afterlife, then the afterlife
وعن سفيان الثوري رحمه الله قال
إن هذا الحديث عز
من أراد به الدنيا فدنيا
ومن أراد به الآخرة فآخرة
It was authentically reported on the authority of Rabi’ah, may God have mercy on him Knowledge is a means to every virtue
وصح عن ربيعة رحمه الله قال
العلم وسيلة إلى كل فضيلة
Maimun bin Mahran, may God have mercy on him, said Scientists are what I need in every town And they are my desire I found my heart right in sitting with scholars
وقال ميمون بن مهران رحمه الله
العلماء هم ضالتي في كل بلدة
وهم بغيتي
ووجدت صلاح قلبي في مجالسة العلماء
O Kamil bin Ziyad, hearts are containers, the best of them is the best of them. Remember what I tell you. People are of three types: a divine scholar and a learner on the path of salvation, and the savagery of a rabble, the followers of every shouter leaning with every wind that was not illuminated by the light of knowledge and did not take refuge in a close corner. Knowledge is better than money. Knowledge guards you and you guard the money. Knowledge is purified by work and wealth is lacking in spending, and love of the scholar is a religion that is condemned. Knowledge earns obedience to the scholar during his life, and beautiful things happen after his death, and the making of money fades away. With its disappearance, the treasure trove of funds died, while they were revived, and the scholars remained as long as time remained. Their eyes were missing, but their likes existed in the hearts.
يا كميل بن زياد القلوب أوعية فخيرها أوعاها احفظ ما أقول لك الناس ثلاثة فعالم رباني ومتعلم على سبيل نجاه وهمج رعاع أتباع كل ناعق يميلون مع كل ريح لم يستضيء بنور العلم ولم يلجأوا إلى ركن وثيق العلم خير من المال العلم يحرسك وأنت تحرس المال العلم يزكو على العمل والمال تنقصه النفقة ومحبة العالم دين يدان بها العلم يكسب العالم الطاعة في حياته وجميل الأحدوثة بعد موته وصنيعة المال تزول بزواله مات خزان الأموال وهم أحيا والعلماء باقون ما بقي الدهر أعيانهم مفقودة وأمثالهم في القلوب موجودة
Knowledge is not the abundance of narration, but knowledge is fear
ليس العلم بكثرة الرواية ولكن العلم الخشية
Learning knowledge is because teaching it to God is fear, seeking it is worship, studying it is praise, searching for it is jihad, teaching it to someone who does not know it is charity, and giving it to his family as a means of sacrifice, God raises people through it and makes them in goodness leaders and imams, retaliates for their tracks, emulates their actions, and adheres to their opinions.
تعلم العلم فإن تعليمه لله خشية وطلبه عبادة ومذاكرته تسبيح والبحث عنه جهاد وتعليمه لمن لا يعلمه صدقة وبذله لأهله قربة يرفع الله به أقواما فيجعلهم في الخير قادة وأئمة يقتص آثارهم ويقتدى بأفعالهم وينتهى إلى رأيهم
There are three types of people: the knowledgeable and the educated, and there is no good after that
الناس ثلاثة عالم ومتعلم ولا خير فيما بعد ذلك
God is not worshiped with anything better than knowledge
ما عبد الله بشيء أفضل من العلم
The jurist, ascetic in this world, who desires the afterlife, has insight into the matter of his religion, and perseveres in worshiping his Lord Almighty.
إنما الفقيه الزاهد في الدنيا الراغب في الآخرة البصير بأمر دينه المداوم على عبادة ربه عز وجل
The inheritance of knowledge is better than the inheritance of gold and silver, and a righteous soul is better than pearls
ميراث العلم خير من ميراث الذهب والفضة والنفس الصالحة خير من اللؤلؤ
A chapter of knowledge that a man memorizes in order to seek his own well-being and the well-being of people is better than worshiping for a whole year
باب من العلم يحفظه الرجل يطلب به صلاح نفسه وصلاح الناس أفضل من عبادة حول كامل
Whoever goes to learn knowledge, he will be on the path to Paradise until he returns
من ذهب إلى علم يتعلمه فهو في طريق الجنة حتى يرجع
A man is more in need of knowledge than bread and meat
الرجل إلى العلم أحوج منه إلى الخبز واللحم
I do not know of a better deed than seeking knowledge and preserving it for those whom God Almighty wants good for
ما أعلم عملا أفضل من طلب العلم وحفظه لمن أراد الله تعالى به خيرا
The virtue of knowledge is better than the virtue of worship
فضل العلم خير من فضل العبادة
Lift your garment
ارفع إزارك
My legs are sore and I am the mother of the people
إن بساقي حموشة وأنا أم الناس
I respond to Ibn Masoud
أترد على ابن مسعود
The cousin of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, stepped down
تنحي ابن عم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
This is what we do to our scholars and our elders
هكذا نفعل بعلمائنا وكبرائنا
O beautiful woman, give me perfume to touch my hand with, for Ibn Umm Thabit will not be satisfied until he kisses my hand and says, “He has touched the hand of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.”
يا جميلة ناوليني طيبا أمس به يدي فإن ابن أم ثابت لا يرضى حتى يقبل يدي ويقول قد مستث يد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
May God forgive you for mastering people and the best of them, go to this servant and sit with him
غفر الله لك أن تسيد الناس وأفضلهم تذهب إلى هذا العبد فتجلس معه
Science should follow wherever it is
إنه ينبغي للعلم أن يتبع حيث ما كان
We are forbidden from speaking to our elders
إنا نهينا أن نتكلم عند أكابرنا
It is recommended that you do not read the hadiths of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, except in a state of purity
يستحب أن لا تقرأ أحاديث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إلا على طهارة