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مستدرکِ حاکم
Mustadrak al-Hakim
كتاب العلم
Book of Knowledge
لَا تَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ لِتُبَاهُوا بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ
Do not learn knowledge to boast before the scholars
Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 293
اُردوEn
فأخبرَناه أبو الحسين محمد بن أحمد بن تميم القَنطَري ببغداد، حدثنا أبو إسماعيل محمد بن إسماعيل السُّلَمي. وأخبرنا أحمد بن محمد بن سلمة العَنَزي، حدثنا عثمان بن سعيد الدارِمي، قالا: حدثنا سعيد بن أبي مريم، أخبرنا يحيى بن أيوب، عن ابن جُرَيج، عن أبي الزُّبير، عن جابر بن عبد الله، أنَّ رسول الله ﷺ قال: "لا تَعلَّموا العلمَ لتُباهُوا به العلماءَ أو تمارُوا به السُّفهاء، ولا لتَحيَّزوا به المجلسَ، فمن فَعَلَ ذلك فالنارُ النارُ" (2).
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not acquire knowledge in order to boast over the scholars with it, or to argue with the foolish with it, nor in order to secure a place in gatherings (to gain prominence) with it. Whoever does that, then for him is the Fire, the Fire."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Adil Murshid et al.
(2) إسناده ضعيف، فيحيى بن أيوب - وهو الغافقي المصري - ليس بذاك الضابط الثقة وقد خالف في هذا الحديث من هو أوثق منه بدرجات فأسنده، بينما أرسله عبد الله بن وهب كما ¤ ¤ يذكر المصنف نفسه فجعله من حديث ابن جريج عن النبي ﷺ، وابن وهب ثقة حافظ، فروايته مقدَّمة راجحة، وستأتي عند المصنف برقم (295).
Grading: The chain is weak.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Yahya bin Ayyub al-Ghafiqi (al-Misri) is not a highly precise, trustworthy narrator; in this hadith he differed from someone many degrees more trustworthy than him by narrating it with a connected chain (musnad), whereas Abd Allah bin Wahb narrated it as mursal, as the author himself mentions, making it a hadith of Ibn Jurayj from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); Ibn Wahb is a thiqah hafiz, so his narration takes precedence and is preponderant.
Note / Clarification: That narration will come later with the author at no. (295).
وأخرجه ابن ماجه (254)، وابن حبان (77) من طريقين عن سعيد بن أبي مريم، بهذا الإسناد.
Reference / Source: Ibn Majah (254) and Ibn Hibban (77) narrated it via two routes from Sa'id bin Abi Maryam, with this chain.
قوله: "تماروا" أي: تجادلوا.
Note / Clarification: His words "tamaraw" mean: you disputed (argued) with one another.
وقوله: "لتحيّزوا" كذا عند المصنف، وعند غيره: "لتخيَّروا" وهو بمعناه، أي: لتختاروا به خيار المجالس وصدورها.
Note / Clarification: The word "litahayyazu" is as found with the author, while with others it is "litakhayyaru", with the same meaning, i.e. so that you may choose by it (knowledge) the best places in gatherings and their front seats.
وقوله: "فالنار" أي: فله النارُ، أو فيستحق النارَ.
Note / Clarification: The word "fa-l-nar" means: then for him is the Fire, or he deserves the Fire.
Grading: The chain is weak.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Yahya bin Ayyub al-Ghafiqi (al-Misri) is not a highly precise, trustworthy narrator; in this hadith he differed from someone many degrees more trustworthy than him by narrating it with a connected chain (musnad), whereas Abd Allah bin Wahb narrated it as mursal, as the author himself mentions, making it a hadith of Ibn Jurayj from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); Ibn Wahb is a thiqah hafiz, so his narration takes precedence and is preponderant.
Note / Clarification: That narration will come later with the author at no. (295).
وأخرجه ابن ماجه (254)، وابن حبان (77) من طريقين عن سعيد بن أبي مريم، بهذا الإسناد.
Reference / Source: Ibn Majah (254) and Ibn Hibban (77) narrated it via two routes from Sa'id bin Abi Maryam, with this chain.
قوله: "تماروا" أي: تجادلوا.
Note / Clarification: His words "tamaraw" mean: you disputed (argued) with one another.
وقوله: "لتحيّزوا" كذا عند المصنف، وعند غيره: "لتخيَّروا" وهو بمعناه، أي: لتختاروا به خيار المجالس وصدورها.
Note / Clarification: The word "litahayyazu" is as found with the author, while with others it is "litakhayyaru", with the same meaning, i.e. so that you may choose by it (knowledge) the best places in gatherings and their front seats.
وقوله: "فالنار" أي: فله النارُ، أو فيستحق النارَ.
Note / Clarification: The word "fa-l-nar" means: then for him is the Fire, or he deserves the Fire.
Source: Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn (Takhrij & Tahqiq: Shaykh Adil Murshid et al.), Page: 293
