Chapter 1

أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ شُرَيْحٍ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ عَمِيرَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ، يَقُولُ...

Umayr narrated that a man said to his son: "Go and seek knowledge." So he went away for some time, then returned and narrated some hadiths to him. His father sa...

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا بَقِيَّةُ ، عَنْ السَّكَنِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ وَهْبَ بْنَ مُنَبِّهٍ ، يَ...

Wahb ibn Munabbih stated: "O my son, hold fast to wisdom, for all good is in wisdom. It elevates the young above the old, the slave above the free, increases th...

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي بَقِيَّةُ ، عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ رَ...

Hadrat Abu al-Darda (may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "What would we be without the words of the scholars?"

أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ :" لَا تُجَالِسُوا أَهْ...

Abu Qilabah stated: "Do not sit with the people of desires (innovators) and do not argue with them, for I fear they will plunge you into their misguidance or co...

أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، قَالَ : رَآنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ جَلَسْتُ إِلَى...

Ayyub narrated: Sa'id ibn Jubayr saw me sitting with Talq ibn Habib and said to me: "Did I not see you sitting with Talq ibn Habib? Do not sit with him!"

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو صَخْرٍ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ الل...

It is narrated from Hadrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be well pleased with him) that a man came to him and said: "So-and-so sends his greetings to you." He replied: "I...

أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَغْرَاءَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ ، قَالَ :" كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَا...

Al-A'mash stated: "Ibrahim (al-Nakha'i) did not consider it backbiting to speak about an innovator."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، قَالَ :" إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ الْهَوَى لِ...

Al-Sha'bi stated: "Hawa (desire/whim) was only named so because it causes its companion to fall (yahwi)."

أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَاسِعٍ ، قَالَ : كَانَ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ ، يَقُولُ :...

Muslim ibn Yasar used to say: "Beware of disputation, for it is the hour of the scholar's ignorance, and through it Shaytan seeks to cause his downfall."

أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : دَخَلَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْأَهْوَاءِ عَلَى ابْنِ سِيرِين...

Asma ibn Ubayd narrated: Two men from the people of desires entered upon Ibn Sirin and said: "O Abu Bakr, may we narrate a hadith to you?" He said: "No." They s...

أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ ، عَنْ سَلَّامِ بْنِ أَبِي مُطِيعٍ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَهْوَاءِ، قَالَ لِأَيُّوبَ : يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ، أَ...

A man from the people of desires said to Ayyub: "O Abu Bakr, let me ask you about one word." He said: He turned away gesturing with his finger, saying: "Not eve...

أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ كُلْثُومِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ ع...

A man asked Sa'id ibn Jubayr about something but he did not answer him. When asked about it, he said (in Persian): "That is more insignificant to me."

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلٌ ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ :" لَا تُج...

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali stated: "Do not sit with the people of argumentation, for they are the ones who delve into the verses of Allah (without proper under...

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ ، وَابْنِ سِيرِينَ ، أنهما قَالَا :" لَا تُجَالِسُوا أَصْحَابَ ا...

Hasan al-Basri and Ibn Sirin both said: "Do not sit with the people of desires, do not argue with them, and do not listen to them."

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ ، عَنْ أُمَيٍّ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، قَالَ :" إِنَّمَا سُمُّوا أَصْحَابَ الْأَهْوَاءِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ...

Al-Sha'bi stated: "They were only named 'people of desires' (ahl al-ahwa) because they will fall (yahwun) into the Fire."

أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ ، قَالَ :" مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْ النَّاسِ الشَّرِيفُ وَ...

Ibn Maysarah stated: "I have not seen anyone before whom the noble and the lowly were equal except Tawus" — and he swore to it.

أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، قَالَ :" كُنَّا نَكْرَهُ كِتَابَةَ الْعِلْمِ حَتَّى أَكْرَهَن...

Al-Zuhri stated: "We used to dislike writing down knowledge until the ruler compelled us to do so. Then we disliked withholding it from anyone."

أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ، قَالَ : كَلَّمُوا مُحَمَّدًا فِي رَجُلٍ يَعْن...

Ibn Awn narrated: People spoke to Muhammad (ibn Sirin) regarding a man — meaning to narrate to him — and he said: "If he were a man from the Zanj (Africans), he...

أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ الصَّلْتِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ ، أَنَّه سَأَلَ سَلْمُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ طَاوُسًا ...

Salm ibn Qutaybah asked Tawus about a question but he did not answer him. He was told: "This is Salm ibn Qutaybah." He said: "That makes him all the more insign...

أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ بَقِيَّةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي حَبِيبُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، قَالَ :" مَا خِفْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْ النَّاس...

Habib ibn Salih stated: "I have not feared anyone as much as I feared Khalid ibn Ma'dan."