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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب النكاح
Book of Marriage
باب: لم يكن له أن يتعلم شعرا ولا يكتب
Chapter: It was not for him to learn poetry or to write
Bayhaqi 13286 — It was not for him to learn poetry or to write
قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: {وَمَا عَلَّمْنَاهُ الشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ} [يس: 69] وَقَالَ: {فَآمِنُوا بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ} [الأعراف: 158] قَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ التَّفْسِيرِ: الْأُمِّيُّ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْكِتَابَ وَلَا يَخُطُّ بِيَمِينِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَهَذَا قَوْلُ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ التَّفْسِيرِ.
Allah Almighty says: "And We did not teach him poetry, nor is it befitting for him." [Surah Ya-Sin: 69]
And He said: "So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet." [Surah al-A'raf: 158]
Some of the scholars of tafsir said: "The unlettered one is he who neither reads a book nor writes with his right hand."
The Shaykh (Imam al-Bayhaqi) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This is the view of Muqatil bin Sulayman and other scholars of tafsir."
And He said: "So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet." [Surah al-A'raf: 158]
Some of the scholars of tafsir said: "The unlettered one is he who neither reads a book nor writes with his right hand."
The Shaykh (Imam al-Bayhaqi) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "This is the view of Muqatil bin Sulayman and other scholars of tafsir."
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ، ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سِرَاجٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي حُسَيْنٍ الْجُعْفِيُّ، ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَوْدِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَمَا كُنْتَ تَتْلُو مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مِنْ كِتَابٍ، وَلَا تَخُطُّهُ بِيَمِينِكَ} [العنكبوت: ٤٨] قَالَ: " لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ وَلَا يَكْتُبُ ".
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you write it with your right hand." [Surah al-Ankabut: 48]: He (peace and blessings be upon him) neither read nor wrote.
