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KITAB AL-'ILM
THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
Chapter 1 : PROHIBITION OF
MAKING A HOT PURSUIT OF THE ALLEGORIES CONTAINED IN THE QUR'AN, AND
AVOIDING THOSE WHO DO IT, AND OF DISPUTATION IN THE QUR'AN
Book 34, Number 6442:
'A'isha reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) recited (these verses of the
Qur'an) : "He it is Who revealed to thee (Muhammad) the Book (the
Qur'an) wherein there are clear revelations-these are the substance of
the Book and others are allegorical (verses). And as for those who
have a yearning for error they go after the allegorical verses seeking
(to cause) dissension, by seeking to explain them. And none knows
their implications but Allah, and those who are sound in knowledge
say: We affirm our faith in everything which is from our Lord. It is
only the persons of understanding who really heed" (iii. 6). 'A'isha
(further) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
(in connection with these verses) : When you see such verses, avoid
them, for it is they whom Allah has pointed out (in the mentioned
verses).
Chapter 2 : PERRAINING TO A
DISPUTATIONIST
Book 34,
Number 6443:
'Abdullah b. 'Umar
reported: I went to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the
morning and he heard the voice of two persons who had an argumenta-
tion with each other about a verse. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) came to us (and) the (signs) of anger could be seen on his face.
He said: Verily, the (peoples) before you were ruined because of their
disputation in the Book.
Book 34,
Number 6444:
Jundub b. 'Abdullah al-Bajali
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Recite
the Qur'an as long as your hearts agree to do so, and when you feel
variance between them (between your hearts and tongues), then get up
(and leave its recital for the time being).
Book 34,
Number 6445:
Jundub (i.e. Ibn
'Abdullah) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Recite the Qur'an as long as your hearts agree to do so and when
you find variance between them, then stand up.
Book 34,
Number 6446:
Abu Imran reported that
Jundub told us as we we-re young boys living in Kilfa, that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) had said: Recite the Qur'an. The
rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 34,
Number 6447:
'A'isha reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The most despicable
amongst persons in the eye of Allah is one who tries to fall into
dispute with others (for nothing but only to display his knowledge and
power of argumentation).
Chapter : FOLLOWING THE
FOOTSTEPS OF THE JEWS AND THE CHRISTIANS
Book 34,
Number 6448:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: You
would tread the same path as was trodden by those before you inch by
inch and step by step so much so that if they had entered into the
hole of the lizard, you would follow them in this also. We said:
Allah's Messenger, do you mean Jews and Christians (by your words)
"those before you" ? He said: Who else (than those two religious
groups) ?
Book 34,
Number 6449:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of 'Ata' b. Yasir through another chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 4 : THOSE WHO INDULGED
IN HAIR-SPLITTING WERE RUINED
Book 34,
Number 6450:
Abdullah reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Ruined,were those who
indulged in hair-splitting. He (the Holy Prophet) repeated this
thrice.
Chapter 5 : KNOWLEDGE WOULD BE
TAKEN AWAY, AND IGNORANCE WOULD PREVAIL UPON PEOPLE AND THE TURMOIL AT
THE END OF THE WORLD
Book 34,
Number 6451:
Anas b. Malik reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is from the
conditions of the Last Hour that knowledge would be taken away and
ignorance would prevail (upon the world), the liquor would be drunk,
and adultery would become rainpant.
Book 34,
Number 6452:
Qatida reported that Anas
b. Malik said: May I not narrate to you a hadith which I heard from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) which no one would narrate
to you after me who would have personally heard it from him (the Holy
Prophet) (as I have the good fortune to do so)?-" It is from the signs
of the Last Hour that knowledge would be taken away, ignorance would
prevail upon (the world), adultery would become common, wine would be
drunk, the number of men will fall short and the women would survive
(and thus such a disparity would arise in the number of men and women)
that there would be one man to look after fifty women.
Book 34,
Number 6453:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Anas b. Malik through another chain of
narrators, but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 34,
Number 6454:
Abu Wa'il reported: I was
sitting with 'Abdullah and Abu Musa that they reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: Prior to the Last Hour,
there would be a time when knowledge would be taken away, and
ignorance would take its place and there would be bloodshed on a large
scale.
Book 34,
Number 6455:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) and Abu Musa (al-Asha'ri)
through other chains of transmitters.
Book 34,
Number 6456:
A hadith like this has
been narrated on the authority of Abu Musa through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 34,
Number 6457:
Abu Wa'il reported: I was
sitting with Abu Musa and 'Abdullah and they were conversing with each
other and Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying (that we find in the above-mentioned ahadith).
Book 34,
Number 6458:
Abu Huraira reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: (When) the time
would draw close to the Last Hour, knowledge would be snatched away,
turmoil would be rampant, miserliness would be put (in the hearts of
the people) and therewould be much bloodshed. They said: What is al-harj?
Thereupon he said: It is bloodshed.
Book 34,
Number 6459:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira with a slight variation of
wording.
Book 34,
Number 6460:
Abu Huraira reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: The time would
draw close to the Last Hour and knowledge would decrease. The rest of
the hadith is the same.
Book 34,
Number 6461:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira through other chains of
narrators and there is no mention of : "Miserliness would be put (in
the hearts of the people)."
Book 34,
Number 6462:
'Abdullah b. 'Amr b.
al-'As reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Verily, Allah does nit take away knowledge by snatching it from the
people but Re takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars, so
that when He leaves no learned person, people turn to ignorant as
their, leaders; then they are asked to deliver religious verdicts and
they deliver them without knowledge, they go astray, and lead others
astray.
Book 34,
Number 6463:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Umar through other chains of
transmitters, but in the hadith transmitted by Umar b. 'Ali there is
an addition of these words: ,I met 'Abdullah b. 'Amr at the end of the
year and I asked him about it, and he narrated to us the hadith as he
had narrated before that he had heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying.... (The rest of the hadith is the same).
Book 34,
Number 6464:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Amr b. al-'As through
another chain of transmitters.
Book 34,
Number 6465:
'Urwa b. Zubair reported
that 'A'isha said to him: This news has reached me that 'Abdullah b. 'Amr
al-'As would pass by us during the Hajj season, so you meet him and
ask him (about religious matters)as he has acquired great knowledge
from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). I thus met him and
asked him about things which he narrated from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). And amongst these the one he mentioned was that
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Verily, Allah does not
take away knowledge from people directly but he takes away the
scholars and consequently takes away (knowledge) along with them and
leaves amongst persons the ignorant as their leaders who deliver
religious verdicts without (adequate) knowledge and themselves go
astray and lead others astray. 'Urwa said: When I narrated this to 'A'isha,
she deemed it too much (to believe) and thus showed reluctance to
accept that (as perfectly true) and said to, 'Urwa: Did he ('Abdullah
b. 'Amr) say to you that he had heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying: ('Urwa had forgotten to ask this from 'Abdullah
b. 'Amr). So when it was the next year, she ('A'isha) said to him ('Urwa):
Ibn Amr has come (for Hajj), so meet him. talk to him and ask him
about this hadith that he narrated to You (last year on the occasion
of the Hajj) pertaining to knowledge. He ('Urwa), said: So I met him,
and asked about it and he narrated to me exactly like one that he had
narrated (to me) for the first time. So when I informed her ('A'isha)
about that, she said: I do not think but this that he has certainly
told the truth and I find that be has neither made any addition to it,
nor missed anything from it.
Chapter 6 : PERTAINING TO ONE
WHO INTRODUCED SOMETHING GOOD OR EVIL, OR HE WHO CALLED TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
OR TO THE PATH OF ERROR
Book 34,
Number 6466:
Jarir b. Abdullah
reported that some desert Arabs clad in woollen clothes came to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He saw them in sad plight
as they had been hard pressed by need. He (the Holy Prophet) exhorted
people to give charity, but they showed some reluctance until (signs)
of anger could be seen on his face. Then a person from the Ansar came
with a purse containing silver. Then came another person and then
other persons followed them in succession until signs of happiness
could be seen on his (sacred) face. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: He who introduced some good practice in Islam
which was followed after him (by people) he would be assured of reward
like one who followed it, without their rewards being diminished in
any respect. And he who introduced some evil practice in Islam which
had been followed subsequently (by others), he would be required to
bear the burden like that of one who followed this (evil practice)
without their's being diminished in any respect.
Book 34,
Number 6467:
Jarir reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) delivered an address in
which he exhorted people to give charity.
Book 34,
Number 6468:
Jarir b. 'Abdullah
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
servant does not introduce good practice which is followed after
him.... The rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 34,
Number 6469:
Jarir transmitted this
hadith from his father through another chain of narrators.
Book 34,
Number 6470:
Abu Huraira reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who called
(people) to righteousness, there would be reward (assured) for him
like the rewards of those who adhered to it, without their rewards
being diminished in any respect. And he who called (people) to error,
he shall have to carry (the burden) of its sin, like those who
committed it, without their sins being diminished in any respect.
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