سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب العلمKnowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)
باب الْحَثِّ عَلَى طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِChapter: Regarding the virtue of knowledge.
Hadith 3643
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَسْلُكُ طَرِيقًا يَطْلُبُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا إِلَّا سَهَّلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهِ طَرِيقَ الْجَنَّةِ ، وَمَنْ أَبْطَأَ بِهِ عَمَلُهُ لَمْ يُسْرِعْ بِهِ نَسَبُهُ " .
Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge, Allah will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise; and he who is made slow by his actions will not be speeded by his genealogy.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit: Knowledge is not merely the name of reading and knowing.
Rather, it is necessary that one also acts in accordance with it.
Otherwise, no benefit will be gained from familial affiliations.
Benefit: Knowledge is not merely the name of reading and knowing.
Rather, it is necessary that one also acts in accordance with it.
Otherwise, no benefit will be gained from familial affiliations.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3643
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
The virtue of knowledge is established from this hadith.
It is understood that traveling for the acquisition of knowledge is recommended (mustahabb).
Musa (alayhis salam) traveled with Khidr (alayhis salam) to acquire knowledge.
And Jabir bin Abdullah (radi Allahu anhu) undertook a journey of one month to learn a hadith from Abdullah bin Qais (radi Allahu anhu).
The scholars of the Salaf used to travel long distances in pursuit of hadith.
If one strives to acquire Islamic knowledge (ilm shar‘i) with sincerity of intention, Allah, Lord of the worlds, makes the path to Paradise easy for him.
1:
The virtue of knowledge is established from this hadith.
It is understood that traveling for the acquisition of knowledge is recommended (mustahabb).
Musa (alayhis salam) traveled with Khidr (alayhis salam) to acquire knowledge.
And Jabir bin Abdullah (radi Allahu anhu) undertook a journey of one month to learn a hadith from Abdullah bin Qais (radi Allahu anhu).
The scholars of the Salaf used to travel long distances in pursuit of hadith.
If one strives to acquire Islamic knowledge (ilm shar‘i) with sincerity of intention, Allah, Lord of the worlds, makes the path to Paradise easy for him.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2646
