مشكوة المصابيح Mishkat al-Masabih
كِتَاب الْعِلْمِ

The Book of Knowledge

29 subchapters
1

(بِشَارَةٌ لِلْمُسْلِمِ)

(Glad tidings for the Muslim)

1 hadith (204 — 204)

2

(مَهَالِكُ الرِّيَاءِ)

(The destructive nature of showing off)

1 hadith (205 — 205)

3

(الهَلَاكُ بِرَفْعِ العُلَمَاءِ)

(Destruction due to the removal of scholars)

1 hadith (206 — 206)

4

(الإِعْرَاضُ عَنِ الوَعْظِ وَالنَّصِيحَةِ اليَوْمِيَّةِ)

(Avoiding daily admonition and advice)

2 hadith (207 — 208)

5

(أَجْرٌ وَثَوَابٌ لِمَنْ يَهْدِي إِلَى عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ)

(Reward and merit for the one who guides to a good deed)

3 hadith (209 — 211)

6

(فَضِيلَةُ أَهْلِ العِلْمِ)

(The virtue of the people of knowledge)

10 hadith (212 — 221)

7

(المُؤْمِنُ لَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْ طَلَبِ العِلْمِ)

(The believer is never satisfied with seeking knowledge)

1 hadith (222 — 222)

8

(وَعِيدٌ لِمَنْ يَكْتُمُ أَمْرَ الدِّينِ)

(A warning for the one who conceals religious matters)

2 hadith (223 — 224)

9

(عَاقِبَةُ عَالِمِ الدِّينِ الرِّيَائِيِّ)

(The fate of the hypocritical religious scholar)

3 hadith (225 — 227)

10

(دُعَاءُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِلْمُحَدِّثِينَ)

(The supplication of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for the narrators of hadith)

4 hadith (228 — 231)

11

(وَعِيدٌ عَلَى رِوَايَةِ حَدِيثٍ كَاذِبٍ)

(A warning against narrating a false hadith)

2 hadith (232 — 233)

12

(وَعِيدٌ عَلَى التَّفْسِيرِ بِالرَّأْيِ)

(A warning against interpreting by personal opinion)

2 hadith (234 — 235)

13

(مَنْعُ الخِلَافِ وَالجِدَالِ فِي مَفَاهِيمِ القُرْآنِ الكَرِيمِ)

(Prohibition of disagreement and dispute over the meanings of the Noble Quran)

2 hadith (236 — 237)

14

(نُزُولُ القُرْآنِ الكَرِيمِ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ)

(The revelation of the Noble Quran in seven modes)

1 hadith (238 — 238)

15

(ثَلَاثُ أَقْسَامٍ لِلْعِلْمِ القُرْآنِيِّ)

(Three categories of Quranic knowledge)

3 hadith (239 — 241)

16

(إِثْمُ مَنْ يُفْتِي أَوْ يُشِيرُ بِدُونِ عِلْمٍ)

(The sin of giving fatwa or advice without knowledge)

2 hadith (242 — 243)

17

(التَّرْغِيبُ فِي طَلَبِ العِلْمِ)

(Encouragement to seek knowledge)

5 hadith (244 — 248)

18

(فَضِيلَةُ المَوْتِ أَثْنَاءَ طَلَبِ العِلْمِ)

(The virtue of dying while seeking knowledge)

1 hadith (249 — 249)

19

(فَضِيلَةُ العُلَمَاءِ)

(The virtue of scholars)

2 hadith (250 — 251)

20

(الحِكْمَةُ فِي دَعْوَةِ الدِّينِ)

(Wisdom in calling to the religion)

2 hadith (252 — 253)

21

(الأَعْمَالُ الجَارِيَةُ)

(Continuous good deeds)

1 hadith (254 — 254)

22

(طَلَبُ العِلْمِ طَرِيقٌ إِلَى الجَنَّةِ)

(Seeking knowledge is a path to Paradise)

1 hadith (255 — 255)

23

(فَضَائِلُ العِلْمِ وَالعُلَمَاءِ)

(The virtues of knowledge and scholars)

6 hadith (256 — 261)

24

(بَعْضُ الأَحَادِيثِ عَنِ التَّفَكُّرِ لِلْعُلَمَاءِ)

(Some hadiths about contemplation for scholars)

4 hadith (262 — 265)

25

(العُلَمَاءُ الصَّالِحُونَ وَالطَّالِحُونَ)

(Righteous and corrupt scholars)

6 hadith (266 — 271)

26

(الاعْتِرَافُ بِالجَهْلِ لَيْسَ عَيْبًا)

(Admitting ignorance is not a flaw)

3 hadith (272 — 274)

27

(العُلَمَاءُ وَالقُرَّاءُ الرِّيَائِيُّونَ)

(Hypocritical scholars and reciters)

2 hadith (275 — 276)

28

(عِنْدَمَا يُرْفَعُ العِلْمُ)

(When knowledge is lifted)

3 hadith (277 — 279)

29

(العِلْمُ غَيْرُ النَّافِعِ)

(Non-beneficial knowledge)

1 hadith (280 — 280)