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Sunan Ibn Majah 4048 (Book 36, Hadith 123) #33403
Acting Upon Knowledge

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ warned that knowledge of the Quran will disappear when people stop acting upon it, even though they may still read and teach it to their children.

It was narrated that Ziyad bin Labid said: "The Prophet mentioned something and said: 'That will be at the time when knowledge (of Qur’an) disappears.’ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how will knowledge disappear when we read the Qur’an and teach it to our children, until the Day of Resurrection?’ He said: 'May your mother be bereft of you, Ziyad! I thought that you were the wisest man in Al- Madinah. Is it not the case that these Jews and Christians read the Tawrah and the Injil, but they do not act upon anything of what is in them?’"
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ، قَالَ ذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ ـ ـ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ ذَاكَ عِنْدَ أَوَانِ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ يَذْهَبُ الْعِلْمُ وَنَحْنُ نَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَنُقْرِئُهُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَيُقْرِئُهُ أَبْنَاؤُنَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ ‏"‏ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ زِيَادُ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَرَاكَ مِنْ أَفْقَهِ رَجُلٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ أَوَلَيْسَ هَذِهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى يَقْرَءُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالإِنْجِيلَ لاَ يَعْمَلُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِمَّا فِيهِمَا

TOPICS
knowledge  *  taallum  *  kitab  *  nasara  *  quran  *  tawrah  *  injil

QUICK LESSONS:
Act upon what you learn from religious scriptures .
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of acting upon knowledge. The Prophet Muhammad was warning Ziyad bin Labid that even though people may read and teach the Quran to their children, if they do not act upon what is in it, then knowledge of the Quran will eventually disappear. He used an example from Jewish and Christian scripture to illustrate his point; although these groups have access to scripture, if they do not act on its teachings then its value diminishes over time. This hadith teaches us that we must put into practice what we learn in order for our knowledge to be meaningful and beneficial. It also reminds us that reading scripture alone is not enough; we must strive to live according to its teachings in order for our faith to be strong and lasting.

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