صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الاعتصام بالكتاب والسنةThe Book of Holding Fast To The Qur’An and The Sunna
بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لاَ تَسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ عَنْ شَيْءٍ»:Chapter. The statement of Prophet (p.b.u.h.): “Do not ask the people of the Scripture (Jews and Chrisrians) about anything.”
Hadith 7361
اُردوEn
وَقَالَ أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ يُحَدِّثُ رَهْطًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَذَكَرَ كَعْبَ الْأَحْبَارِ ، فَقَالَ : إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَصْدَقِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُحَدِّثِينَ الَّذِينَ يُحَدِّثُونَ عَنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَإِنْ كُنَّا مَعَ ذَلِكَ لَنَبْلُو عَلَيْهِ الْكَذِبَ .
Narrated Humaid bin 'Abdur-Rahman that he heard Mu'awiya talking to a group of people from Quraish at Al-Madina, and on mentioning Ka'b Al-Ashbar, he said, "He was one of the most truthful of those who used to talk about the people of the Scripture, yet we used to detect certain faults in his information."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary: Ka‘b al-Ahbar radi Allahu anhu was a great scholar of the Jews who accepted Islam during the caliphate of Umar radi Allahu anhu.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 7361
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
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Ka‘b al-Ahbar was among the scholars and distinguished individuals of the People of the Book. He accepted Islam during the era of ‘Umar radi Allahu anhu and is counted among the eminent Tabi‘in.
According to the statement of Amir Mu‘awiyah radi Allahu anhu, Ka‘b al-Ahbar was the most truthful among the People of the Book. However, when he would narrate any report concerning the People of the Book, he would sometimes make mistakes, because the Jewish scholars had made many alterations in the Torah and other scriptures. Therefore, he would sometimes narrate altered reports, and thus the information he conveyed would be false.
He did not deliberately lie.
In such circumstances, what benefit is there in asking the People of the Book?
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Some modern-minded Muslims of the present era only accept those hadiths which are confirmed by Western civilization, modern science, or English medicine.
What benefit is there in such confirmation? The demand of faith is that whatever is established from the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam should be accepted immediately and one should strive to act upon it.
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Ka‘b al-Ahbar was among the scholars and distinguished individuals of the People of the Book. He accepted Islam during the era of ‘Umar radi Allahu anhu and is counted among the eminent Tabi‘in.
According to the statement of Amir Mu‘awiyah radi Allahu anhu, Ka‘b al-Ahbar was the most truthful among the People of the Book. However, when he would narrate any report concerning the People of the Book, he would sometimes make mistakes, because the Jewish scholars had made many alterations in the Torah and other scriptures. Therefore, he would sometimes narrate altered reports, and thus the information he conveyed would be false.
He did not deliberately lie.
In such circumstances, what benefit is there in asking the People of the Book?
➋
Some modern-minded Muslims of the present era only accept those hadiths which are confirmed by Western civilization, modern science, or English medicine.
What benefit is there in such confirmation? The demand of faith is that whatever is established from the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam should be accepted immediately and one should strive to act upon it.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 7361
