Chapters on Knowledge

Ibn 'Abbas

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "For whomever Allah wants good, he gives him understanding in the religion

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2645

Abu Hurairah

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever takes a path upon which to obtain knowledge, Allah makes the path to Paradise easy for him

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2646

Anas bin Malik

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever goes out seeking knowledge, then he is in Allah's cause until he returns

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2647

'Abdullah bin Sakhbarah

narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever seeks knowledge, he is atoning for what has passed (of sins while doing so)

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2648

Abu Hurairah

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever is asked about some knowledge that he knows, then he conceals it, he will be bridled with bridle of fire

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2649

Abu Harun [Al-'Abdi]

"We went to Abu Sa'eed and he said: 'Welcome with the exhortation of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Indeed the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Surely, the people are followers of you, and men will certainly come to you from the regions of the earth to gain understanding in the religion. So when they come to you exhort them with good

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2650

Abu Harun [Al-'Abdi]

from Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Men will come to you from the direction of the east to learn. So when they come to you then exhort them to good." He said: "When Abu Sa'eed saw us he would say: 'Welcome with the exhortation of the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2651

'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed Allah does not take away knowledge by removing it from the people, but He takes away knowledge by taking the scholars, until there remains no scholar and the people begin to ask the ignorant leaders, so they give their verdict without knowledge. They will go astray and lead the people astray

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2652

Jubair bin Nufair

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

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2653

Ibn Ka'b bin Malik

from his father that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "Whoever seeks knowledge to contend with the scholars, or to use it to argue with the fools, and to have people's faces turn towards him, then he shall be admitted to the Fire

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2654

Ibn 'Umar

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever learns knowledge for other than (the sake of) Allah, or intends by it other than Allah, then let him take his seat in the Fire

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2655

'Abdur-Rahman bin Aban bin 'Uthman

from his father who said: "Zaid bin Thabit left to go to Marwan during the middle of the day. We said: 'He did not send for him [during] this hour except to ask him about something.' So we got up to ask him, and he said: 'Yes, he asked us about something we heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "May Allah gladden a man who hears a Hadith from us, so he memorizes it until he conveys it to someone else. Perhaps he carries Fiqh to one who is more understanding than him, and perhaps the one who carries the Fiqh is not a Faqih

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2656

Simak bin Hard

"I heard 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrating from his father who said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: 'May Allah gladden a man who hears something from us, so he conveys it as he heard it. Perhaps the one it is conveyed to is more understanding than the one who heard it

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2657

'Abdul-Malik bin 'Umair

from 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud that he narrated from his father, from the Prophet (ﷺ) who said: "May Allah beautify a man who hears a saying of mine, so he understands it, remembers it, and conveys it. Perhaps he carries the Fiqh to one who has more understanding than him. There are three with which the heart of a Muslim shall not be deceived. Sincerity in deeds for Allah, giving Nasihah to the A'immah of Muslims, and sticking to the Jama'ah. For indeed the call is protected from behind them

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2658

'Abdullah [bin Mas'ud]

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever lies upon me, then let him take his seat in the Fire

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2659

'Ali bin Abi Talib

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Do not lie upon me, for indeed whoever lies upon me, he will be admitted into the Fire

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2660

Anas bin Malik

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever lies upon me" - I think he said - "purposely, then let him take his seat in the Fire

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2661

Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever narrates a Hadith from me which he knows is a lie, then he is one of the liars

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2662

'Ubaidullah bin Abu Rafi

from Abu Rafi' and others, from the Prophet (ﷺ) who said: "Let me not find one of you reclining on his couch when a command I ordered, or a prohibition from me comes to him, and he says: 'I do not know. What we find in the Book of Allah, we follow it

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2663

Al-Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Lo! Soon a Hadith from me will be conveyed to a man, while he is reclining on his couch, and he says: 'Between us and you is Allah's Book. So whatever we find in it that is lawful, we consider lawful, and whatever we find in it that is unlawful, we consider it unlawful.' Indeed whatever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made unlawful, it is the same as what Allah made unlawful

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2664

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri

"We sought permission from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for writing but he did not permit us

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2665

Abu Hurairah

"There was a man among the Ansar who would sit with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he would listen to the Ahadith of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he was amazed with them but he could not remember them. So he complained about that to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I listen to your Ahadith and I am amazed but I can not remember them.' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Help yourself with your right hand' and he motioned with his hand as if writing

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2666

Abu Hurairah

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave an address. So he mentioned a story in the Hadith, and Abu Shah said: 'Have it written for me O Messenger of Allah! So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Write it for Abu Shah

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2667

Hammam bin Munabbih

that the heard Abu Hurairah say: "None of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) narrated more Ahadith from him than me, except 'Abdullah bin 'Amr. For he used to write them down and I did not write

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2668

'Abdullah bin 'Amr

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Convey from me, even if it be an Ayah, and narrate from the Children of Isra'il, and there is no harm, And whoever lies upon me purposely, then let him take his seat in the Fire

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2669

Anas bin Malik

"A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) to get a mount, but he (ﷺ) did not have anything to mount him on with him. So he was lead to another person to give him a mount. He came to the Prophet (ﷺ) to inform him about that and he said: 'Whoever leads to good, he is like the one who does it

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2670

Abu Mas'ud Al-Badri

that a man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) looking for a mount, he said: 'Mine has been ruined.' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Go to so-and-so.' So he went to him and he gave him a mount. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Whoever leads to good, then for him is the same reward as the one who does it - or - who acts upon it

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2671

Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Intercede, and you will be rewarded, and Allah will fulfill what He wills upon the tongue of His Prophet

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2672

'Abdullah bin Mas'ud

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "No soul is wrongfully taken except that some of the burden of its blood is upon the son of Adam, because he was the first to institute murder

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2673

Abu Hurairah

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever calls to guidance, then he receives the reward similar to the reward of whoever follows him, without that diminishing anything from their rewards. And whoever calls to misguidance, then he receives of sin similar to the sins of those who followed him, without that diminishing anything from their sins

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2674

Ibn Jarir bin 'Abdullah

from his father that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever starts a good tradition which is followed, then for him is a reward, and the likes of their rewards of whoever follows him, there being nothing diminished from their rewards. And whoever starts a bad tradition which is followed, then for him is the sin, and the likes of the sins of whoever follows him, there being nothing diminished from their sins

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2675

Al-'Irbad bin Sariyah

"One day after the morning Salat, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) exhorted us to the extent that the eyes wept and the hearts shuddered with fear. A man said: 'Indeed this is a farewell exhortation. [So what] do you order us O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'I order you to have Taqwa of Allah, and to listen and obey, even in the case of an Ethiopian slave. Indeed, whomever among you lives, he will see much difference. Beware of the newly invented matters, for indeed they are astray. Whoever among you sees that, then he must stick to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided Khulafa', cling to it with the molars

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2676

Narrated Kathir bin 'Abdullah [and he is Ibn 'Amr bin 'Awf Al-Musani]

narrated from his father, from his grandfather that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Bilal bin Al-Harith: "Know." He said: "I am ready to know O Messenger of Allah!" He (ﷺ) said: "That indeed whoever revives a Sunnah from my Sunnah which has died after me, then for him is a reward similar to whoever acts upon it without diminishing anything from their rewards. And whoever introduces an erroneous innovation which Allah is not pleased with, nor His Messenger, then he shall receive sins similar to whoever acts upon it, without that diminishing anything from the sins of the people

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2677

Anas bin Malik

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: 'O my son! If you are capable of (waking up in) the morning and (ending) the evening, while there is nothing of deception in your heart for anything, then do so.' Then he said to me: 'O my son! That is from my Sunnah. Whoever revives my Sunnah then he has loved me. And whoever loved me, he shall be with me in Paradise

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2678

Abu Hurairah

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Leave me with what I left you. When I narrated a Hadith to you, then take it from me. The people before you were only destroyed by their excessive questioning and disagreeing with their Prophets

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2679

Abu Salih reported a narration from Abu Hurairah

"It shall soon be that people are beating the livers of camels (meaning that they are hastening and traveling upon them) seeking knowledge. But they will not find anyone more knowledgeable than a scholar of Al-Madinah

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2680

Ibn 'Abbas

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The Faqih is harder on Ash-Shaitan than a thousand worshipers

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2681

Qais bin Kathir

"A man from Al-Madinah came to Abu Ad-Darda when he was in Dimashq. So he said: 'What brings you O my nephew?' He replied: 'A Hadith reached me which you have narrated from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).' He said: 'You did not come for some need?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Did you come for trade?' He said: 'No, I did not come except seeking this Hadith.' So he said: 'Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "Whoever takes a path upon which he seeks knowledge, then Allah makes a path to Paradise easy for him. And indeed the angels lower their wings in approval to the one seeking knowledge. Indeed forgiveness is sought for the knowledgeable one by whomever is in the heavens and whomever is in the earth, even the fish in the waters. And superiority of the scholar over the worshiper is like the superiority of the moon over the rest of the celestial bodies. Indeed the scholars are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets do not leave behind Dinar or Dirham. The only legacy of the scholars is knowledge, so whoever takes from it, then he has indeed taken the most able share

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2682

Ibn Ashwa

from Yazid bin Salamah Al-Ju'fi, he said: "Yazid bin Salamah 'O Messenger of Allah! I heard so many narrations from you that I am afraid the last of them will cause me to forget the first of them. So narrate a statement to me that will encompass them.' So he said: 'Have Taqwa of Allah with what you learn

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2683

Abu Hurairah

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Two things will not be together in a hypocrite: Good manners, and Fiqh in the religion

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2684

Abu Umamah Al-Bahili

"Two men were mentioned before the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). One of them a worshiper, and the other a scholar. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The superiority of the scholar over the worshiper is like my superiority over the least of you.' Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Indeed Allah, His Angels, the inhabitants of the heavens and the earths - even the ant in his hole, even the fish - say Salat upon the one who teaches the people to do good

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2685

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The believer will never be satisfied with the good he hears, until he ends up in Paradise

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2686

Abu Hurairah

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

Jami at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Knowledge · Hadith 2687