أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا
يَزِيدُ، أَخْبَرَنَا
الْعَوَّامُ، عَنْ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ، قَالَ: بَلَغَ
ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: أَنَّ عِنْدَ نَاسٍ كِتَابًا يُعْجَبُونَ بِهِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِمْ حَتَّى أَتَوْهُ بِهِ، فَمَحَاهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ:
"إِنَّمَا هَلَكَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ قَبْلَكُمْ: أَنَّهُمْ أَقْبَلُوا عَلَى كُتُبِ عُلَمَائِهِمْ، وَتَرَكُوا كِتَابَ رَبِّهِمْ".
Ibrahim Taimi said: It was reported to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that some people had a book upon which they prided themselves. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) erased it and then said: The People of the Book before you were destroyed because they turned to the books of their scholars and abandoned the Book of their Lord.