مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Al-As (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith Number 592
Hadith 592
592 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَا يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعًا يَنْزِعُهُ مِنْ قُلُوبِ الرِّجَالِ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُهُ بِقَبْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ فَإِذَا لَمْ يَتْرُكْ عَالِمًا اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُءُوسًا جُهَّالًا فَسَأَلُوهُمْ فَأَفْتَوْهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَضَلُّوا وَأَضَلُّوا» قَالَ عُرْوَةُ: " ثُمَّ لَبِثْتُ سَنَةً، ثُمَّ لَقِيتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ فِي الطَّوَافِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah will not seize this knowledge by taking it out from the hearts of the people, but He will seize it by taking away the scholars. Then, when He does not leave any scholar, the people will take the ignorant as leaders. They will ask them questions, and they will give answers without knowledge. They will go astray themselves and will lead others astray as well." Urwah says: Then several years passed, and then I met Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) during Tawaf. I asked him about this narration, so he informed me about it.
