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Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2687

Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Superiority Of Fiqh Over Worship

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2687

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْكِنْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا ‏"

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The wise statement is the lost property of the believer, so wherever he finds it, then he is more worthy of it."

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

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ) قَالَ مَالِكٌ الْحِكْمَةُ هِيَ الْفِقْهُ فِي الدِّينِ قَالَ تَعَالَى : { يُؤْتِي الْحِكْمَةَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ } الْآيَةَ , وَقِيلَ الَّتِي أُحْكِمَتْ مَبَانِيهَا بِالنَّقْلِ وَالْعَقْلِ دَالَّةٌ عَلَى مَعْنًى فِيهِ دِقَّةٌ مَصُونَةٌ مَعَانِيهَا عَنْ الِاخْتِلَالِ وَالْخَطَأِ وَالْفَسَادِ , وَقَالَ السَّيِّدُ جَمَالُ الدِّينِ جُعِلَتْ الْكَلِمَةُ نَفْسَ الْحِكْمَةِ مُبَالَغَةً كَقَوْلِهِمْ رَجُلٌ عَدْلٌ وَيُرْوَى كَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةِ بِالْإِضَافَةِ مِنْ إِضَافَةِ الْمَوْصُوفِ إِلَى الصِّفَةِ وَيُرْوَى الْكَلِمَةُ الْحَكِيمَةُ عَلَى طَرِيقِ الْإِسْنَادِ الْمَجَازِيِّ لِأَنَّ الْحَكِيمَ قَائِلُهَا كَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى : { يس وَالْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ } كَذَا فِي…

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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. 2687
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2687
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 2687
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf WeakDaif The hadith No. 2687

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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