سنن أبي داود

Hadith 3660

Book 26: Knowledge (Kitab Al-Ilm)

كِتَاب الْعِلْمِ

Chapter 10

Chapter: The virtue of spreading knowledge.

باب فَضْلِ نَشْرِ الْعِلْمِ

English narration

Narrated by زيد بن ثابت الأنصاري

Narrated Zayd ibn Thabit: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: May Allah brighten a man who hears a tradition from us, gets it by heart and passes it on to others. Many a bearer of knowledge conveys it to one who is more versed than he is; and many a bearer of knowledge is not versed in it.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ وَلَدِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : "

نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا حَدِيثًا فَحَفِظَهُ حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَهُ ، فَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَفْقَهُ مِنْهُ ، وَرُبَّ حَامِلِ فِقْهٍ لَيْسَ بِفَقِيهٍ

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3660In-book: Book 26, Hadith 3660

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