Abu Huraira reported God's messenger as saying, “A word which contains wisdom is the stray beast* of the wise man, so wherever he finds it he is most entitled to it.” Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a gharib tradition and that Ibrahim b. al-Fadl the transmitter is declared to be weak in tradition. *i.e. something to be sought.
Hadith Referenceمشكوة المصابيح / كتاب العلم / 216
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:ضعيف | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده ضعيف جدًا
Hadith Takhrij´تحقيق و تخريج: محدث العصر حافظ زبير على زئي رحمه الله` «إسناده ضعيف جدًا، رواه الترمذي (2687) و ابن ماجه (4169) ٭ إبراهيم بن الفضل المخزومي: متروک . فائدة: وقال عبد الله بن عباس رضي الله عن: خذ الحکمة ممن سمعتھا فإن الرجل ينطق بالحکمة و ليس من أھلھا فتکون کالرمية خرجت من غير رام . (رواه الخرائطي في مساوئ الأخلاق: 390 وسنده حسن، باب ماجاء في سوء الجوار من الکراھة والذم)»
Hadith Authentication: The chain of narration for this report is severely weak. Regarding the narrator of this report, Ibrahim ibn al-Fadl al-Makhzumi, Abu Ishaq al-Madani: Imam al-Bukhari said: «منكر الحديث» “He used to narrate munkar (denounced) hadiths.” [كتاب الضعفاء مع تحفة الاقوياء ص1۔ ت6] This criticism, according to Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah, is a severe criticism. Other hadith scholars have also criticized this narrator in a similar manner and with the same meaning. And Hafiz Ibn Hajar, as a summary, said: «متروك» “He is abandoned (matruk).” [تقريب التهذيب : 228] ◄ According to the majority of hadith scholars, if it is established that a criticized narrator is munkar al-hadith (narrates denounced hadiths) or matruk (abandoned), then he is considered severely weak.
Source: Adwa al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih, Page: 216
´Narrated Abu Hurairah:` that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The wise statement is the lost property of the believer, so wherever he finds it, then he is more worthy of it."
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary: Note: (In the chain of narration, Ibrahim bin al-Fadl al-Makhzumi is a discarded (matruk) narrator.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2687