مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد
Majma' al-Zawa'id
كِتَابُ الْعِلْمِ

Book of Knowledge

114 subchapters

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1 بَابٌ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ .

Seeking knowledge

5 hadith (472 — 476)

2 بَابٌ فِي فَضْلِ الْعِلْمِ .

The virtue of knowledge

7 hadith (477 — 483)

3 بَابٌ مِنْهُ .

Chapter

5 hadith (484 — 488)

4 بَابٌ فِي فَضْلِ الْعَالِمِ وَالْمُتَعَلِّمِ .

The virtue of the scholar and the learner

19 hadith (489 — 506)

5 بَابٌ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ يَتَعَلَّمُهُ الرَّجُلُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَلْفِ رَكْعَةٍ تَطَوُّعًا .

Chapter

7 hadith (507 — 513)

6 بَابُ الْخَيْرُ كَثِيرٌ ، وَمَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِهِ قَلِيلٌ .

Good is abundant, but those who act upon it are few

1 hadith (514 — 514)

7 بَابُ حَثِّ الشَّبَابِ عَلَى طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ .

Encouraging the young to seek knowledge

3 hadith (515 — 517)

8 بَابٌ فِي فَضْلِ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَمُجَالَسَتِهِمْ .

The virtue of scholars and sitting with them

11 hadith (518 — 528)

9 بَابٌ .

Chapter

3 hadith (529 — 531)

10 بَابٌ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ حَقِّ الْعَالِمِ .

Recognising the right of the scholar

4 hadith (532 — 535)

11 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ سَمِعَ شَيْئًا فَحَدَّثَ بِشَرِّهِ .

One who hears something and narrates the worst of it

1 hadith (536 — 536)

12 بَابٌ الْعِلْمُ بِالتَّعَلُّمِ .

Knowledge comes by learning

3 hadith (537 — 539)

13 بَابُ الْمَجَالِسُ ثَلَاثَةٌ .

Gatherings are of three kinds

2 hadith (540 — 541)

14 بَابٌ فِي أَدَبِ الْعَالِمِ .

The manners of the scholar

3 hadith (542 — 544)

15 بَابُ أَدَبِ الطَّالِبِ .

The manners of the student

2 hadith (545 — 546)

16 بَابُ وَصِيَّةِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ .

Advice to the people of knowledge

1 hadith (547 — 547)

17 بَابٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ : عَلِّمُوا ، وَيَسِّرُوا .

The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Teach and make things easy"

1 hadith (548 — 548)

18 بَابٌ فِي طَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ وَإِظْهَارِ الْبِشْرِ لَهُ .

The seeker of knowledge and showing him a cheerful face

3 hadith (549 — 551)

19 بَابُ الْبُكُورِ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ .

Setting out early in seeking knowledge

1 hadith (552 — 552)

20 بَابُ الْجُلُوسِ عِنْدَ الْعَالِمِ .

Sitting with the scholar

2 hadith (553 — 554)

21 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ يَخْرُجُ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْخَيْرِ .

One who goes out seeking knowledge and good

4 hadith (555 — 558)

22 بَابُ الْمَشْيِ فِي الطَّاعَةِ .

Walking in obedience to Allah

2 hadith (559 — 560)

23 بَابُ الرِّحْلَةِ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ .

Travelling in pursuit of knowledge

6 hadith (561 — 566)

24 بَابُ أَخْذِ كُلِّ عِلْمٍ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ .

Taking every branch of knowledge from its experts

3 hadith (567 — 569)

25 بَابُ مَعْرِفَةِ مَعْنَى الْحَدِيثِ بِلُغَةِ قُرَيْشٍ .

Understanding the meaning of hadith in the language of Quraysh

1 hadith (570 — 570)

26 بَابُ مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ : طَالِبُ عِلْمٍ وَطَالِبُ دُنْيَا .

Two insatiable people who are never satisfied: the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of the world

3 hadith (571 — 573)

27 بَابُ الزِّيَادَةِ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَالْعَمَلِ بِهِ .

Increasing in knowledge and acting upon it

1 hadith (574 — 574)

28 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمٌ لَا يَزْدَادُ فِيهِ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ .

One who passes a day without increasing in knowledge

1 hadith (575 — 575)

29 بَابٌ فِي مَنْ كَتَبَ بِقَلَمِهِ خَيْرًا أَوْ غَيْرَهُ .

One who writes good or otherwise with his pen

1 hadith (576 — 576)

30 بَابُ كِتَابَةِ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لِمَنْ ذَكَرَهُ أَوْ ذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ .

Writing the salutation upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) by one who mentions him or in whose presence he is mentioned

4 hadith (577 — 580)

31 بَابٌ فِي سَمَاعِ الْحَدِيثِ وَتَبْلِيغِهِ .

Hearing hadith and conveying it

18 hadith (581 — 598)

32 بَابُ أَخْذِ الْحَدِيثِ مِنَ الثِّقَاتِ .

Taking hadith from trustworthy narrators

6 hadith (599 — 604)

33 بَابُ النُّصْحِ فِي الْعِلْمِ .

Sincerity in knowledge

1 hadith (605 — 605)

34 بَابُ الِاحْتِرَازِ فِي رِوَايَةِ الْحَدِيثِ .

Caution in narrating hadith

3 hadith (606 — 608)

35 بَابٌ فِي ذَمِّ الْكَذِبِ .

Condemnation of lying

6 hadith (609 — 614)

36 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - .

One who lies about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)

45 hadith (615 — 659)

37 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ كَذَّبَ بِمَا صَحَّ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ .

One who denies an authentic hadith

2 hadith (660 — 661)

38 بَابٌ فِي الْكَلَامِ فِي الرُّوَاةِ .

Criticism of narrators

4 hadith (662 — 665)

39 بَابُ الْإِمْسَاكِ عَنْ بَعْضِ الْحَدِيثِ .

Refraining from narrating some hadith

1 hadith (666 — 666)

40 بَابُ مَعْرِفَةِ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ لِصَحِيحِهِ وَضَعِيفِهِ .

The experts of hadith knowing its authentic and weak reports

2 hadith (667 — 668)

41 بَابُ طَلَبِ الْإِسْنَادِ مِمَّنْ أَرْسَلَ .

Asking one who narrates a mursal report for the chain

1 hadith (669 — 669)

42 بَابُ كِتَابَةِ الْعِلْمِ .

Writing down knowledge

14 hadith (670 — 683)

43 بَابُ عَرْضِ الْكِتَابِ بَعْدَ إِمْلَائِهِ .

Reading back what was written after dictation

1 hadith (684 — 684)

44 بَابُ عَرْضِ الْكِتَابِ عَلَى مَنْ أُمِرَ بِهِ .

Presenting a writing to the one who ordered it

1 hadith (685 — 685)

45 بَابٌ فِي كُتَّابِ الْوَحْيِ .

The scribes of the revelation

1 hadith (686 — 686)

46 بَابٌ فِي الْخَبَرِ وَالْمُعَايَنَةِ .

Hearing news and seeing with one's own eyes

2 hadith (687 — 688)

47 بَابٌ فِي الْأَمْرِ يَشْهَدُ فِيهِ أَرْبَعُونَ .

A matter to which forty people testify

1 hadith (689 — 689)

48 بَابُ لَا تَضُرُّ الْجَهَالَةُ بِالصَّحَابَةِ لِأَنَّهُمْ عُدُولٌ .

Unknown identity does not harm a Companion, because the Companions are upright

2 hadith (690 — 691)

49 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ حَدَّثَ حَدِيثًا كَذَّبَ فِيهِ غَيْرَهُ .

One who narrates a report in which someone else lied

1 hadith (692 — 692)

50 بَابُ رِوَايَةِ الْحَدِيثِ بِالْمَعْنَى .

Narrating hadith by meaning

1 hadith (693 — 693)

51 بَابٌ فِي النَّاسِخِ وَالْمَنْسُوخِ .

The abrogating and the abrogated

2 hadith (694 — 695)

52 بَابُ الْأَدَبِ مَعَ الْحَدِيثِ .

Respect for hadith

4 hadith (696 — 699)

53 بَابٌ فِي الْمُعْضِلَاتِ وَالْمُشْكِلَاتِ .

Difficult and problematic issues

3 hadith (700 — 702)

54 بَابُ السُّؤَالِ عَمَّا يُشَكُّ فِيهِ .

Asking about what one is in doubt about

1 hadith (703 — 703)

55 بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمِرَاءِ .

Reports on disputation

7 hadith (704 — 710)

56 بَابٌ فِي الِاخْتِلَافِ .

Disagreement

1 hadith (711 — 711)

57 بَابُ الْأُمُورُ ثَلَاثَةٌ .

Matters are of three kinds

1 hadith (712 — 712)

58 بَابٌ فِي كَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ .

Asking many questions

6 hadith (713 — 718)

59 بَابُ سَبَبِ النَّهْيِ عَنْ كَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ .

The reason for forbidding asking many questions

4 hadith (719 — 722)

60 بَابُ السُّؤَالِ لِلِانْتِفَاعِ وَإِنْ كَثُرَ .

Asking questions for benefit, even if many

4 hadith (723 — 726)

61 بَابٌ فِي حُسْنِ السُّؤَالِ وَالتَّوَدُّدِ .

Asking well and showing kindness

3 hadith (727 — 729)

62 بَابُ فِعْلِ الْعَالِمِ إِذَا اهْتَمَّ .

What the scholar does when preoccupied

1 hadith (730 — 730)

63 بَابٌ فِي خَلْوَةِ الْعَالِمِ .

The scholar's seclusion

2 hadith (731 — 732)

64 بَابُ قَوْلِ الْعَالِمِ : سَلُونِي .

The scholar saying: "Ask me"

1 hadith (733 — 733)

65 بَابٌ فِي مُدَارَسَةِ الْعِلْمِ وَمُذَاكَرَتِهِ .

Studying knowledge together and reviewing it

3 hadith (734 — 736)

66 بَابُ تَفْصِيلِ الْمَسَائِلِ .

Explaining issues in detail

1 hadith (737 — 737)

67 بَابُ سُؤَالِ الْعَالِمِ عَنْ مَا لَا يَعْلَمُ .

The scholar asking about what he does not know

1 hadith (738 — 738)

68 بَابٌ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ ؟ .

Which of the people is most knowledgeable?

2 hadith (739 — 740)

69 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ كَتَمَ عِلْمًا .

One who conceals knowledge

7 hadith (741 — 747)

70 بَابٌ فِي تَعْلِيمِ مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ .

Teaching one who does not know

1 hadith (748 — 748)

71 بَابُ مَنْ عَلِمَ فَلْيَعْمَلْ .

Whoever learns should act

2 hadith (749 — 750)

72 بَابٌ فِيمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلْعَالِمِ وَالْجَاهِلِ .

What befits the scholar and the ignorant

1 hadith (751 — 751)

73 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ تَرَكَ الصَّلَاةَ لِطَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ .

One who leaves prayer to seek knowledge

1 hadith (752 — 752)

74 بَابُ السُّؤَالِ عَنِ الْفِقْهِ .

Asking about jurisprudence

4 hadith (753 — 756)

75 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ يَرْبُطُ الشَّيْءَ يَسْتَذْكِرُ بِهِ .

One who ties something to remind himself

2 hadith (757 — 758)

76 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ نَشَرَ عِلْمًا ، أَوْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ ، أَوْ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ .

One who spreads knowledge, guides to good, or teaches the Quran

8 hadith (759 — 766)

77 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ سَنَّ خَيْرًا أَوْ غَيْرَهُ أَوْ دَعَا إِلَى هُدًى .

One who initiates a good practice or otherwise, or calls to guidance

9 hadith (767 — 775)

78 بَابُ حِفْظُ الْعِلْمِ .

Preserving knowledge

1 hadith (776 — 776)

79 بَابُ الطِّيبِ عِنْدَ التَّحْدِيثِ .

Wearing perfume when narrating

1 hadith (777 — 777)

80 بَابٌ فِي الْعَمَلِ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ .

Acting upon the Book and the Sunnah

16 hadith (778 — 793)

81 بَابٌ ثَانٍ مِنْهُ فِي اتِّبَاعِ الْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ وَمَعْرِفَةِ الْحَلَالِ مِنَ الْحَرَامِ .

Second chapter on following the Book and the Sunnah and knowing the lawful from the unlawful

11 hadith (794 — 804)

82 بَابُ لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ قَوْلٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - .

No one's opinion stands alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)

6 hadith (805 — 810)

83 بَابُ اتِّبَاعِهِ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ .

Following the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in everything

4 hadith (811 — 814)

84 بَابٌ فِي الْبِرِّ وَالْإِثْمِ .

Righteousness and sin

5 hadith (815 — 819)

85 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ يَسْتَحِلُّ الْحَرَامَ ، أَوْ يُحَرِّمُ الْحَلَالَ ، أَوْ يَتْرُكُ السُّنَّةَ .

One who makes the unlawful lawful, makes the lawful unlawful, or abandons the Sunnah

9 hadith (820 — 828)

86 بَابٌ فِيمَا نَهَى عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - .

What the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade

1 hadith (829 — 829)

87 بَابٌ فِي الْإِجْمَاعِ .

Consensus (ijma)

5 hadith (830 — 834)

88 بَابُ الِاجْتِهَادِ .

Independent reasoning (ijtihad)

6 hadith (835 — 840)

89 بَابٌ فِي الْقِيَاسِ وَالتَّقْلِيدِ .

Analogy and blind following

11 hadith (841 — 851)

90 بَابٌ .

Chapter

1 hadith (852 — 852)

91 بَابُ الِاقْتِدَاءِ بِالسَّلَفِ .

Following the predecessors

5 hadith (853 — 857)

92 بَابُ التَّثَبُّتِ وَالْإِمْسَاكِ عَنْ بَعْضِ الْحَدِيثِ وَبَعْضِ الْفُتْيَا .

Verifying and refraining from some hadith and some fatwas

2 hadith (858 — 859)

93 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ لَمْ يَطْلُبِ الْعِلْمَ .

One who does not seek knowledge

1 hadith (860 — 860)

94 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ لَا يَتْبَعُ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ .

One who does not follow the people of knowledge

1 hadith (861 — 861)

95 بَابُ عُلُوِّ السَّفِيهِ عَلَى الْعَلِيمِ .

The foolish rising above the knowledgeable

1 hadith (862 — 862)

96 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمْ مَنْ يَهَابُ فِي اللَّهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - .

People among whom there is no one who fears Allah

1 hadith (863 — 863)

97 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ .

One who seeks knowledge for other than Allah

4 hadith (864 — 867)

98 بَابٌ فِي عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ .

Knowledge that does not benefit

1 hadith (868 — 868)

99 بَابٌ فِيمَنْ لَمْ يَنْتَفِعْ بِعِلْمِهِ .

One who does not benefit from his knowledge

7 hadith (869 — 875)

100 بَابُ كَرَاهِيَةِ الدَّعْوَى .

Dislike of making claims

5 hadith (876 — 880)

101 بَابُ مَا يُخَافُ عَلَى الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ زَلِّةِ الْعَالِمِ وَجِدَالِ الْمُنَافِقِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ .

What is feared for the Ummah: the slip of the scholar, the arguing of the hypocrite, and other matters

9 hadith (881 — 889)

102 بَابٌ .

Chapter

1 hadith (890 — 890)

103 بَابٌ فِي الْبِدَعِ وَالْأَهْوَاءِ .

Innovations and desires

8 hadith (891 — 898)

104 بَابٌ مِنْهُ .

Chapter

1 hadith (899 — 899)

105 بَابٌ فِي الْقِصَصِ .

Storytelling

19 hadith (900 — 918)

106 بَابُ الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ .

Narrating from the Children of Israel

4 hadith (919 — 922)

107 بَابُ النَّهْيِ عَنْ سُؤَالِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ .

Prohibition of asking the People of the Book

1 hadith (923 — 923)

108 بَابٌ .

Chapter

1 hadith (924 — 924)

109 بَابٌ فِي عِلْمِ الْخَطِّ .

The science of drawing lines (geomancy)

4 hadith (925 — 928)

110 بَابٌ فِي عِلْمِ النَّسَبِ .

The science of lineage

13 hadith (929 — 941)

111 بَابٌ فِي ابْنِ الْأُخْتِ وَالْحَلِيفِ وَالْمَوْلَى .

The sister's son, the ally and the freed slave

6 hadith (942 — 947)

112 بَابُ التَّارِيخِ .

History

27 hadith (948 — 974)

113 بَابُ نِسْيَانِ الْعِلْمِ .

Forgetting knowledge

1 hadith (975 — 975)

114 بَابُ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ .

The departure of knowledge

17 hadith (976 — 992)

All Hadith in This Chapter

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