The Book of Knowledge

25 بَابُ تَحْرِيضِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَفْدَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ عَلَى أَنْ يَحْفَظُوا الإِيمَانَ وَالْعِلْمَ وَيُخْبِرُوا مَنْ وَرَاءَهُمْ:

Chapter. The Prophet ﷺ urged the people (mission) of Abdul Qais to memorize the faith and the (religious) knowledge (as he explained to them) and to inform (convey) to their people whom they have left behind (at home).

2 hadith (87 — 87)

26 بَابُ الرِّحْلَةِ فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ النَّازِلَةِ وَتَعْلِيمِ أَهْلِهِ:

Chapter. To travel seeking an answer to a problematic matter, and to teach it to one’s family.

1 hadith (88 — 88)

27 بَابُ التَّنَاوُبِ فِي الْعِلْمِ:

Chapter. To fix the duties in rotation for learning (religious) knowledge.

1 hadith (89 — 89)

28 بَابُ الْغَضَبِ فِي الْمَوْعِظَةِ وَالتَّعْلِيمِ إِذَا رَأَى مَا يَكْرَهُ:

Chapter. To be furious while preaching or teaching if one sees what one hates.

3 hadith (90 — 92)

29 بَابُ مَنْ بَرَكَ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ عِنْدَ الإِمَامِ أَوِ الْمُحَدِّثِ:

Chapter. Whoever knelt down before the Imam or a (religious) preacher.

1 hadith (93 — 93)

30 بَابُ مَنْ أَعَادَ الْحَدِيثَ ثَلاَثًا لِيُفْهَمَ عَنْهُ:

Chapter. Repeating one’s talk thrice in order to make others understand.

4 hadith (94 — 96)

31 بَابُ تَعْلِيمِ الرَّجُلِ أَمَتَهُ وَأَهْلَهُ:

Chapter. A man teaching (religion to) his woman-slave and his family.

1 hadith (97 — 97)

32 بَابُ عِظَةِ الإِمَامِ النِّسَاءَ وَتَعْلِيمِهِنَّ:

Chapter. The preaching (and teaching) of the (religious) knowledge to women by the Imam (Chief):

1 hadith (98 — 98)

33 بَابُ الْحِرْصِ عَلَى الْحَدِيثِ:

Chapter. Eagerness to (learn) the Hadith.

1 hadith (99 — 99)

34 بَابُ كَيْفَ يُقْبَضُ الْعِلْمُ:

Chapter. How the (religious) knowledge will be taken away?

2 hadith (100 — 100)

35 بَابُ هَلْ يُجْعَلُ لِلنِّسَاءِ يَوْمٌ عَلَى حِدَةٍ فِي الْعِلْمِ:

Chapter. Should a day be ﬁxed for women in order to teach them religion (apart from men)?

2 hadith (101 — 102)

36 بَابُ مَنْ سَمِعَ شَيْئًا فَرَاجَعَ حَتَّى يَعْرِفَهُ:

Chapter. Whoever heard something (but did not understand it) and then asked again till he understood it completely.

1 hadith (103 — 103)

37 بَابُ لِيُبَلِّغِ الْعِلْمَ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ:

Chapter. It is incumbent on those who are present [in a religious meeting (or conference)] to convey the knowledge to those who are absent.

3 hadith (104 — 105)

38 بَابُ إِثْمِ مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:

Chapter. The sin of a person who tells a lie against the Prophet ﷺ.

5 hadith (106 — 110)

39 بَابُ كِتَابَةِ الْعِلْمِ:

Chapter. The writing of knowledge.

4 hadith (111 — 114)

40 بَابُ الْعِلْمِ وَالْعِظَةِ بِاللَّيْلِ:

Chapter. The knowledge and its teaching and preaching at night.

1 hadith (115 — 115)

41 بَابُ السَّمَرِ بِالْعِلْمِ:

Chapter. To speak about (religious) knowledge at night.

2 hadith (116 — 117)

42 بَابُ حِفْظِ الْعِلْمِ:

Chapter. (What is said regarding) the memorization of the (religious) knowledge.

3 hadith (118 — 120)

43 بَابُ الإِنْصَاتِ لِلْعُلَمَاءِ:

Chapter. To be quiet (and listen) to religious learned men.

1 hadith (121 — 121)

44 بَابُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْعَالِمِ إِذَا سُئِلَ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ فَيَكِلُ الْعِلْمَ إِلَى اللَّهِ:

Chapter. When a religious learned man is asked, “Who is the most learned person,” it is better for him to attribute or entrust absolute knowledge to Allah and to say, “Allah is the Most Learned (than anybody else).”

1 hadith (122 — 122)

45 بَابُ مَنْ سَأَلَ وَهْوَ قَائِمٌ عَالِمًا جَالِسًا:

CHAPTER Whosoever, while standing, asked a religious learned man who was sitting (on a pulpit or a similar thing, about something).

1 hadith (123 — 123)

46 بَابُ السُّؤَالِ وَالْفُتْيَا عِنْدَ رَمْيِ الْجِمَارِ:

Chapter. To ask about a religious matter and to give a religious verdict (at Mina during Hajj) while doing the Ramy of Jimar (throwing of pebbles at the Jimar in Mina during Hajj).

1 hadith (124 — 124)

47 بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً} :

Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “And of knowledge you (mankind) have been given only a little.” (V. 17:85)

1 hadith (125 — 125)

48 بَابُ مَنْ تَرَكَ بَعْضَ الاِخْتِيَارِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَقْصُرَ فَهْمُ بَعْضِ النَّاسِ عَنْهُ فَيَقَعُوا فِي أَشَدَّ مِنْهُ:

Chapter. Whosoever left some optional things simply for the fear that some people may not be able to understand them and may fall into something more difficult.

1 hadith (126 — 126)

49 بَابُ مَنْ خَصَّ بِالْعِلْمِ قَوْمًا دُونَ قَوْمٍ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ لاَ يَفْهَمُوا:

Chapter. Whoever selected some people to teach them (religious) knowledge preferring them over others for fear that the others may not understand it.

4 hadith (127 — 129)

50 بَابُ الْحَيَاءِ فِي الْعِلْمِ:

Chapter. The superiority of knowledge.

Chapter. Whoever is asked about knowledge while he is busy in some conversation, so he ﬁnished his talk, and then answered the questioner.

Chapter. Whoever raises his voice in (conveying) knowledge.

Chapter. Concerning variety of words used by the narrators conveying different significations regarding the concept of narrating and which has importance for the Hadith scholars only.

Chapter. The Imam questioning his companions in order to test their knowledge.

Chapter. What is said about knowledge.

Chapter. What is said regarding the hand to hand exchange (of books of knowledge), and the writing of knowledge by religious scholars to different countries.

Chapter. Whoever sat at the farther end of a gathering. And whoever found a place amongst a gathering and took his seat there.

Chapter. The Statement of the Prophet ﷺ: It is probable that a person who receives a piece of information indirectly may comprehend it better than he who has heard it directly from its source.”

Chapter. It is essential to know a thing ﬁrst before saying or acting upon it.

Chapter. The Prophet ﷺ used to take care of the people in preaching by selecting a suitable time so that they might not run away (never made them averse or bored them with religious talk and knowledge all the time).

Chapter. Whoever ﬁxed a special day for giving (a religious talk) to the students.

Chapter. If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend (the religion). [The understanding of the Quran and As-Sunna (legal ways) of the Prophet (Muhammad ﷺ)].

Chapter. (The superiority of) comprehending knowledge.

Chapter. Wish to be like the one who has knowledge and Al-Hikmah [wisdom i.e., the knowledge of the Quran and the Sunna (legal ways) of the Prophet ﷺ].

Chapter. What has been said about the journey of Prophet Musa (Moses) علیہ السلام (when he went) in the sea to meet Al-Khidr.

Chapter. The statement of the Prophet ﷺ: “O Allah! Bestow on him (Ibn Abbas) the knowledge of the Book (the Quran).”

Chapter. At what age may a youth be listened to (i.e. quotation of the Hadith from a boy be acceptable).

Chapter. To go out in search of knowledge.

Chapter. The superiority of a person who learns (Islam, becomes a religious scholar) and then teaches it to others.

Chapter. (What is said regarding) the disappearance of the (religious) knowledge and the appearance of (religious) ignorance.

Chapter. The superiority of (religious) knowledge.

Chapter. To give a religious verdict while riding an animal or standing on anything else.

Chapter. Whoever gave a religious verdict by beckoning or by nodding.