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Sunan Ibn Majah 4169

Chapter: Wisdom

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 4169

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ حَيْثُمَا وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا ‏"

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“A wise word is the lost property of the believer, so wherever he finds it, he has more right to it.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 4169) and At-Tirmidhi (No. 2687).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( الْكَلِمَة الْحِكْمَة ) أَيْ ذَات الْحِكْمَة الْمُشْتَمِلَة عَلَيْهَا ( ضَالَّة الْمُؤْمِن ) أَيْ مَطْلُوبَة لَهُ بِأَشَدّ مَا يُتَصَوَّر فِي الطَّلَب كَمَا يَطْلُب الْمُؤْمِن ضَالَّته وَلَيْسَ الْمَطْلُوب بِهَذَا الْكَلَام الْإِخْبَار إِذْ كَمْ مِنْ مُؤْمِن لَيْسَ لَهُ طَلَب لِلْحِكْمَةِ أَصْلًا بَلْ الْمَطْلُوب بِهِ الْإِرْشَاد كَالتَّعْلِيمِ أَيْ اللَّائِق بِحَالِ الْمُؤْمِن أَنْ يَكُون مَطْلُوبه الْكَلِمَة الْحِكْمَة وَيَحْتَمِل أَنْ يَكُون أَخْبَار الْحَمْل الْمُؤْمِن عَلَى الْكَامِل فِي الْإِيمَان ( حَيْثُمَا وَجَدَهَا ) أَيْ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُون نَظَرَ الْمَرْء إِلَى الْقَوْل لَا إِلَى الْقَائِل وَهَذَا كَمَا يُقَال اُنْظُرْ إِلَى مَا قَالَ وَلَا تَنْظُر إِلَى مَنْ قَالَ وَا…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 4169
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 4169
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4169
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 4169

Other versions

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 216

Abu Huraira reported God's messenger as saying, “A word which contains wisdom is the stray beast* of the wise man, so wherever he finds it he is most entitled to it.” Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a gharib tradition and that Ibrahim b. al-Fadl the transmitter…

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْحَكِيمِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا» . رَوَاهُ…

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