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Hadith 279

عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِ مَرْوَانَ نَحْوًا مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ فَقُلْنَا: مَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ السَّاعَةَ إِلَّا لِشَيْءٍ سَأَلَهُ عَنْهُ، فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ، سَأَلَنَا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا حَدِيثًا فَحَفِظَهُ حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَهُ غَيْرَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ لَيْسَ بِفَقِيهٍ وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ، ثَلَاثٌ لَا يُغِلُّ عَلَيْهِنَّ قَلْبُ مُسْلِمٍ أَبَدًا، إِخْلَاصُ الْعَمَلِ لِلَّهِ وَمُنَاصَحَةُ وَلَاةِ الْأَمْرِ وَاللُّزُومُ الْجَمَاعَةِ، فَإِنَّ دَعْوَتَهُمْ تُحِيطُ مَنْ وَرَاءَهُمْ)) وَقَالَ: ((مَنْ كَانَ هَمُّهُ الْآخِرَةَ، جَمَعَ اللَّهُ شَمْلَهُ وَجَعَلَ غِنَاهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَأَتَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا وَهِي رَاغِمَةٌ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ نِيَّتُهُ الدُّنْيَا فَرَّقَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ضَيْعَتَهُ وَجَعَلَ فَقْرَهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَا كُتِبَ لَهُ)) وَسَأَلَنَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى وَهِيَ الظُّهْرُ
Aban bin Uthman (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) came out from Marwan around midday. We said: He must have called him at this time to ask about something. So I got up and went to him and asked him about this. Sayyiduna Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Yes, he asked me about such things that I had heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah keep fresh and flourishing the person who hears a hadith from us, then remembers it, until he conveys it to others. Not all carriers of fiqh are themselves jurists, and many carriers of fiqh convey it to someone more learned than themselves. If three things are present, a Muslim's heart does not betray: first, to act sincerely for Allah Almighty; second, to have goodwill for the rulers; and third, to adhere to the community, for the supplication of the believers encompasses them from behind." Also, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever's concern and worry is the Hereafter, Allah gathers his affairs for him and places richness in his heart, and the world comes to him humbled. But whoever's intention and resolve is only for the world, Allah increases his distractions and places poverty before his eyes, and he only gets from the world what is written for him in his destiny." He (Marwan) asked us about the middle prayer; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is Zuhr (noon prayer)."
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / كتاب العلم / 279
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحیح
Hadith Takhrij «اسناده صحيح ۔ أخرجه ابوداود: 3660، وابن ماجه: 4105، والترمذي: 2656، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 21590 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 21923»
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The supplication for freshness that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam made applies to the hadith scholars (muhaddithin) and those who follow their methodology, who have made the Prophetic traditions (ahadith) their constant companion. In this hadith, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has described as a jurist (faqih) the one who possesses understanding (fiqh) of his ahadith. Among us, the term "fiqh" is commonly used for a conventional jurisprudence; it should be kept in mind that those who use the term "fiqh" for this purpose are either prejudiced or unaware of their own conventional jurisprudence. Whoever studies the conventional jurisprudence will, inshaAllah, not use the term "fiqh" for it.

To act with sincerity for the sake of Allah Ta'ala, to have compassion for the rulers, and to adhere to the congregation—these are three such deeds through which the hearts are reformed. Whoever is diligent in these, his heart will be purified from deception and betrayal. At the end of the blessed hadith, the encouragement towards contentment (ghina) and concern that has been given—this, in reality, is true life; and the greed from which one has been prohibited, in reality, that is true restlessness.