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Sahih al-Bukhari 3524

Chapter: The story of Zamzam and the ignorance of the Arabs

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Companion’s words (mawquf) Sahih al-Bukhari 3524

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ

إِذَا سَرَّكَ أَنْ تَعْلَمَ جَهْلَ الْعَرَبِ فَاقْرَأْ مَا فَوْقَ الثَّلاَثِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فِي سُورَةِ الأَنْعَامِ ‏‏{‏قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أَوْلاَدَهُمْ سَفَهًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ‏}‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏‏{‏قَدْ ضَلُّوا وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ‏}‏‏.‏

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

If you wish to know about the ignorance of the Arabs, refer to Surat-al-Anam after Verse No. 130:-- Indeed lost are those who have killed their children From folly without knowledge and have forbidden that which Allah has provided for them, inventing a lie against Allah. They have indeed gone astray and were not guided.' (6.14)

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3524).

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Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أَوْلَادهمْ ) أَيْ بَنَاتهمْ , وَسَيَأْتِي بَيَان ذَلِكَ فِي التَّفْسِير إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّه تَعَالَى , وَيُؤْخَذ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَة مُطَابَقَتهَا لِلتَّرْجَمَةِ مِنْ قَوْل اِبْن عَبَّاس " إِذَا سَرَّك أَنْ تَعْرِف جَهْل الْعَرَب ".…

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Al-Bukharid. 256 AH Authenticصحيح The hadith صحيح البخاري No. 3524
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