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مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب العلم
The Book of Knowledge
(فَضِيلَةُ أَهْلِ العِلْمِ)
(The virtue of the people of knowledge)
Mishkat al-Masabih 216 — The virtue of the people of knowledge
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: ( الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْحَكِيمِ، فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا ). رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ، وَقَالَ التِّرْمِذِيُّ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الرَّاوِي يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ.
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.
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
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.
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
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Ibrahim bin al-Fadl al-Makhzumi is a discarded (matruk) narrator.)
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
