Chapter 1

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ :" كَانَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْعُكْ...

Fudayl narrated: "Al-Harith ibn Yazid al-Ukli, Ibn Shubrumah, al-Qa'qa' ibn Yazid, and Mughirah, when they finished the Isha prayer, would sit discussing fiqh (...

أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ شَرِيكًا ذَكَرَ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، وَطَاوُسٍ ، وَمُجَاهِدٍ ، قَالَ : عَنْ...

Ata, Tawus, and Mujahid — two of them stated: "There is no harm in staying up at night conversing about fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ ، قَالَ :" لَا بَأْسَ بِالسَّمَرِ فِي الْفِ...

Mujahid stated: "There is no harm in staying up at night conversing about fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ :" تَدَ...

Hadrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "Studying knowledge for an hour at night is better than spending the entire night in worship."

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجٌ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، قَالَ :" كُنَّا نَأْتِي جَابِرَ...

Ata stated: "We used to come to Hadrat Jabir ibn Abdullah (may Allah be well pleased with him), and when we left his gathering, we would discuss (what we had he...

أَخْبَرَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ اللَّيْثَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ ، يَقُولُ :" تَذَاكَرَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ لَيْلَةً بَعْدَ الْعِشَا...

Al-Layth ibn Sa'd stated: "Ibn Shihab (al-Zuhri) discussed hadith one night after Isha while sitting in a state of ablution. He remained in that gathering until...

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، قَالَ :" كُن...

Al-Zuhri stated: "Whenever I met Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah, it was as if I had burst open an ocean (of knowledge)."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ :" كَانَ الْحَارِثُ الْعُكْلِيُّ وَأَ...

Uthman ibn Abdullah stated: "Al-Harith al-Ukli and his companions used to sit together at night discussing fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)."

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، رَوَى عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ ...

Hadrat Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "Discuss this hadith among yourselves, for indeed its life is in discussing it."

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ ، عَنْ عَوْنٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ ...

Hadrat Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be well pleased with him) said to his companions when they came to him: "Do you sit together (to discuss knowledge)?" The...

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ ، عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، قَالَ :" آفَةُ الْعِلْمِ النِّس...

Al-Zuhri stated: "The bane of knowledge is forgetfulness and abandoning discussion."

أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو عُمَيْسٍ ، عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ :" آ...

Hadrat Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "The bane of hadith is forgetfulness."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ طَارِقٍ ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ :" إِنَّ...

Hadrat Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "Indeed everything has a bane, and the bane of knowledge is forgetfulness."

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَ...

The Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) stated: "The bane of knowledge is forgetfulness, and its waste is to narrate it to tho...

أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيُّ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ ، قَالَ :" غَائِلَةُ ال...

Al-Hasan (al-Basri) stated: "The destroyer of knowledge is forgetfulness."

أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا كَهْمَسٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَلِيٌّ :" تَذَاكَرُوا هَذَا الْحَدِيث...

Hadrat Ali (may Allah be well pleased with him) stated: "Discuss this hadith among yourselves and visit each other, for if you do not do so, it will be effaced....

أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ :" كُنْتُ أَحْسَبُ بِأَنِّي أَصَبْتُ مِنْ الْ...

Al-Zuhri stated: "I used to think that I had attained much knowledge, but when I sat with Ubaydullah (ibn Abdullah), it was as if I had been in a narrow valley ...

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : قِيلَ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ رَحِمَهُ ال...

It was said to Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him): "Why do you not unite the people upon one opinion?" He said: "It would not please me if they ...

أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ ، عَنْ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ ، عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ :" مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّه...

Awn ibn Abdullah stated: "I would not like it if the Companions of the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) had not differed. For if they ha...

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ ، قَالَ :" رُبَّمَا رَأَى ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ الرَّأْيَ، ثُمَّ تَر...

Tawus stated: "Sometimes Ibn Abbas would hold an opinion and then abandon it."