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Sunan Ibn Majah 252

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Whoever acquires knowledge by which the pleasure of Allah is sought, but he only acquires it for the purpose of worldly gain, will not…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
8names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَسُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ أَبِي طُوَالَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلْمًا مِمَّا يُبْتَغَى بِهِ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ لَا يَتَعَلَّمُهُ إِلاَّ لِيُصِيبَ بِهِ عَرَضًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَجِدْ عَرْفَ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ». يَعْنِي رِيحَهَا

“The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Whoever acquires knowledge by which the pleasure of Allah is sought, but he only acquires it for the purpose of worldly gain, will not smell the fragrance of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection.’” (Hasan) Another chain with similar wording.

আবূ হুরায়রা (রাঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ যে জ্ঞান দ্বারা আল্লাহ্‌র সন্তুষ্টি অন্বেষণ করা হয়, যদি কেউ সেই জ্ঞান পার্থিব স্বার্থ সিদ্ধির জন্য শিক্ষা করে, তবে সে কিয়ামতের দিন জান্নাতের সুবাসও পাবে না।

ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: جس شخص نے علم دین کو جس سے خالص اللہ تعالیٰ کی رضا مندی مقصود ہوتی ہے محض کسی دنیاوی فائدہ کے لیے سیکھا تو وہ قیامت کے دن جنت کی خوشبو تک نہیں پائے گا ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakr bin Abu Syaibah] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yunus bin Muhammad] dan [Suraij bin An Nu'man] keduanya berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Fulaih bin Sulaiman] dari [Abdullah bin Abdurrahman bin Ma'mar Abu Thuwalah] dari [Sa'id bin Yasar] dari [Abu Hurairah] ia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Barangsiapa menuntut ilmu yang seharusnya untuk Allah, namun ia tidak menuntutnya kecuali untuk mencari dunia, maka pada hari kiamat ia tidak akan mendapatkan bau surga."

Abu Al Hasan berkata; telah memberitakan kepada kami Abu Hatim berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami Sa'id bin Manshur berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami Fulaih bin Sulaim lalu ia menyebutkan sebagaimana hadits diatas

Ebu Hureyre r.a.’den rivayet edildiğine göre Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem şöyle buyurmuştur: '' Allah rızasının kazanılması için talep edilmesi gereken bir ilmi öğrenen bir kimse, sırf dünya menfaatı için bu ilmi öğrenecek olursa kıyamet günü Cennet kokusunu bulmayacaktır. '' İbni Maceh, Ebul Hasan, Ebu Hatim, Said bin Mansur, Fuleyh bin Süleyman… yolu ile de aynı hadisi rivayet etmiştir

Sunan Ibn Majah 252, Book 0, The Book of the Sunnah, Hadith 252. 1 min read
The note in this edition

قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ: أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that whoever learns religious knowledge—which is originally meant to seek the pleasure of Allah Almighty—but learns it only to attain worldly gain or benefit, such as wealth or status, will not smell the fragrance of Paradise on the Day of Judgment.

What it teaches

  • The obligation of sincerity in seeking knowledge and encouraging this.
  • A stern warning against using religious knowledge for show off or as a means to attain worldly gain, as this is considered one of the major sins.
  • Whoever seeks knowledge for the sake of Allah and the worldly gains come to him as a result, it is permissible for him to take them, and it will not harm him.
  • As-Sindi said: His statement (the ‘Arf of Paradise) refers to its fragrance. This is an emphasis on the prohibition from Paradise, because whoever cannot even smell something certainly will not partake of it.
  • Whoever learns knowledge that is meant to be sought for the sake of Allah but does so for the sake of a job or other worldly aims must repent to Allah for that. And Allah will erase what resulted from the corrupt intention, for He is the Possessor of great bounty, Glorified and Exalted is He.
  • This warning is directed at the seeker of religious knowledge. As for someone who seeks knowledge of worldly sciences, such as engineering, chemistry, and the like, for the sake of worldly gain, then his intention is judged accordingly.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Ibn Majah back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Ibn MajahCompiler, died 273 AH
  2. 2Abu Bakr ibn Abi ShaybahTold us, Fourth generation, died 235 AH
  3. 3Yunus ibn MuhammadTold us, Third generation, died 207 AH
  4. 4Surayj ibn an-NumanWith, Fourth generation, died 217 AH
  5. 5Fulayh ibn SulaymanTold us, Third generation, died 168 AH
  6. 6Abdullah ibn Abd ar-RahmanFrom, Successor, died 134 AH
  7. 7Said ibn YasarFrom, Successor, died 116 AH
  8. 8Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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