سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
(أبواب كتاب السنة)Chapters: The Book of the Sunnah
بَابُ : الاِنْتِفَاعِ بِالْعِلْمِ وَالْعَمَلِ بِهِChapter: Gaining benefit from knowledge and acting in accordance with it
Hadith 254
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ، أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " لَا تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهُوا بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ ، وَلَا لِتُمَارُوا بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ ، وَلَا تَخَيَّرُوا بِهِ الْمَجَالِسَ ، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَالنَّارُ النَّارُ " .
´It was narrated from Jabir bin 'Abdullah that:` The Prophet said: "Do not seek knowledge in order to show off in front of the scholars, or to argue with the foolish, and do not choose the best seat in a gathering, due to it (i.e. the knowledge which you have learned) for whoever does that, the Fire, the Fire (awaits him)."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Some scholars have declared this narration to be authentic. See: (Sahih al-Targhib by al-Albani, Hadith: 102).
Furthermore, our researcher has also mentioned its other supporting narrations, but has not indicated their authenticity or weakness. In any case, this narration is authoritative on the basis of supporting evidences.
(2) (fa’l-nāru ’l-nār)
This phrase has been recited in two ways.
If read with a dammah (fa’l-nāru ’l-nāru), then the translation will be as stated above.
If read with a fathah (fa’l-nāra ’l-nāra), then the meaning will be: “He is deserving of the Fire,”
or “He should fear the Fire.”
Furthermore, our researcher has also mentioned its other supporting narrations, but has not indicated their authenticity or weakness. In any case, this narration is authoritative on the basis of supporting evidences.
(2) (fa’l-nāru ’l-nār)
This phrase has been recited in two ways.
If read with a dammah (fa’l-nāru ’l-nāru), then the translation will be as stated above.
If read with a fathah (fa’l-nāra ’l-nāra), then the meaning will be: “He is deserving of the Fire,”
or “He should fear the Fire.”
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 254
