مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 21715
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ رَجَاءِ بْنِ حَيْوَةَ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ: قَدِمَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، وَهُوَ بِدِمَشْقَ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَقْدَمَكَ، أَيْ أَخِي؟ قَالَ: حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تُحَدِّثُ بِهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: أَمَا قَدِمْتَ لِتِجَارَةٍ؟ قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: أَمَا قَدِمْتَ لِحَاجَةٍ؟، ، قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: مَا قَدِمْتَ إِلَّا فِي طَلَبِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " مَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقًا يَطْلُبُ فِيهِ عِلْمًا سَلَكَ اللهُ بِهِ طَرِيقًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَتَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَسْتَغْفِرُ لِلْعَالِمِ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، حَتَّى الْحِيتَانُ فِي الْمَاءِ، وَفَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ كَفَضْلِ الْقَمَرِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْكَوَاكِبِ، إِنَّ الْعُلَمَاءَ هُمْ وَرَثَةُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، لَمْ يُوَرِّثُوا (١) دِينَارًا وَلَا دِرْهَمًا، وَإِنَّمَا وَرِثُوا الْعِلْمَ، فَمَنْ أَخَذَ (٢) بِهِ، أَخَذَ بِحَظٍّ وَافِرٍ " (٣)، ، . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .، ،
Translation
English translation
Qais bin Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a man from Madinah Munawwarah came to Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) in Damascus. He asked the visitor, "Brother! What brings you here?" He replied, "To learn a hadith about which I have come to know that you narrate it from the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)." He asked, "Have you not come for any trade?" He said, "No." He asked, "For any other work?" He said, "No." He asked, "Have you come only to seek this hadith?" He said, "Yes." He said, "I heard the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) say: Whoever sets out on a path to seek knowledge, Allah makes the path to Paradise easy for him, and the angels spread their wings in pleasure for the seeker of knowledge, and all the creatures in the heavens and the earth pray for forgiveness for the scholar. The superiority of the scholar over the worshipper is like the superiority of the moon over the rest of the stars. Indeed, the scholars are the heirs of the Prophets, and the Prophets do not leave behind dinars or dirhams as inheritance, but they leave behind knowledge. So whoever acquires it, has acquired a great share."
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Where is this hadith found?
This is Hadith 21715 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 950, The remainder of the hadith of Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 24.
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مسند احمد / مسند الأنصار رضي الله عنهم / 21715
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