صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
باب فَضْلِ مَنْ يَقُومُ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَيُعَلِّمُهُ وَفَضْلِ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ حِكْمَةً مِنْ فِقْهٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ فَعَمِلَ بِهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا.
Chapter: The virtue of one who acts in accordance with the Qur’an and teaches it. And the virtue of one who learns wisdom from Fiqh or other types of knowledge, then acts upon it and teaches it
Hadith 817
This hadith is listed as number 1897 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ وَاثِلَةَ ، أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْحَارِثِ ، لَقِيَ عُمَرَ بِعُسْفَانَ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَسْتَعْمِلُهُ عَلَى مَكَّةَ ، فَقَالَ : مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْتَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْوَادِي ؟ فَقَالَ : ابْنَ أَبْزَى ، قَالَ : وَمَنْ ابْنُ أَبْزَى ؟ قَالَ : مَوْلًى مِنْ مَوَالِينَا ، قَالَ : فَاسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَوْلًى ، قَالَ : إِنَّهُ قَارِئٌ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، وَإِنَّهُ عَالِمٌ بِالْفَرَائِضِ ، قَالَ عُمَرُ : أَمَا إِنَّ نَبِيَّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَدْ قَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْفَعُ بِهَذَا الْكِتَابِ أَقْوَامًا ، وَيَضَعُ بِهِ آخَرِينَ " .
'Amir bin Wathila reported that Nafi' bin 'Abdul Harith met 'Umar at 'Usfan and 'Umar had employed him as collector in Makkah. He (Hadrat 'Umar) said to him (Nafi'): Whom have you appointed as collector over the people of the valley? He said: Ibn Abza. He said: Who is Ibn Abza? He said: He is one of our freed slaves. He (Hadrat 'Umar) said: So you have appointed a freed slave over them. He said: He is well versed In the Book of Allah. the Exalted and Great, and he is well versed In the commandments and injunctions (of the Shari'ah). 'Umar said: So the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) said: By this Book, Allah would exalt some peoples and degrade others.
