سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب السنةThe Book of the Sunnah
بَابُ : التَّوَقِّي فِي الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَChapter: Caution in narrating from the Messenger of Allah (saws)
Hadith 25
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَر ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى ، قَالَ : قُلْنَا لِزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ حَدِّثْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " كَبِرْنَا ، وَنَسِينَا ، وَالْحَدِيثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَدِيدٌ " .
´It was narrated that 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila said:` We said to Zaid bin Arqam: 'Tell us a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).' He said: 'We have grown old and have forgotten, and (narrating) Ahadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is difficult (not a simple matter).'"
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
(1)
From this, it is understood that the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum) considered the Prophetic hadith to be something very important and great. Therefore, they would narrate only that which they remembered well.
(2)
From this, the hadith scholars (muhaddithin) have derived the principle that when a scholar, due to old age, begins to make mistakes in narrating hadith, it is appropriate for him to refrain from narrating hadith.
(3)
The scholars should only mention those hadith in their speeches and sermons about which they know with certainty that they are authentic (sahih) or good (hasan), and they should avoid weak (da'if) narrations.
(1)
From this, it is understood that the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum) considered the Prophetic hadith to be something very important and great. Therefore, they would narrate only that which they remembered well.
(2)
From this, the hadith scholars (muhaddithin) have derived the principle that when a scholar, due to old age, begins to make mistakes in narrating hadith, it is appropriate for him to refrain from narrating hadith.
(3)
The scholars should only mention those hadith in their speeches and sermons about which they know with certainty that they are authentic (sahih) or good (hasan), and they should avoid weak (da'if) narrations.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 25
