Hadith #2944
Arabic Text
أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْلَى ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ :" كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا لَبِسَتْكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ يَهْرَمُ فِيهَا الْكَبِيرُ وَيَرْبُو فِيهَا الصَّغِيرُ، وَيَتَّخِذُهَا ال
نَّاسُ سُنَّةً، فَإِذَا غُيِّرَتْ، قَالُوا : غُيِّرَتْ السُّنَّةُ "، قَالُوا : وَمَتَى ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟، قَالَ : " إِذَا كَثُرَتْ قُرَّاؤُكُمْ، وَقَلَّتْ فُقَهَاؤُكُمْ، وَكَثُرَتْ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ، وَقَلَّتْ أُمَنَاؤُكُمْ، وَالْتُمِسَتِ الدُّنْيَا بِعَمَلِ الْآخِرَةِ "
English Translation
It was narrated from Shaqiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'What will you do when a trial (fitnah) covers you — in which the old man grows old and the young man is raised in it, and people take it as the Sunnah? If any part of it changes, they say: The Sunnah has been changed.' They said: When will that be, O Ibn Mas'ud? He said: 'When your scholars are few and your reciters are many, and understanding is scarce and learning is abundant, and when leadership is in the hands of a few.'
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Quran References
Reference: Sunan al-Darimi, Book 1, Hadith 2944
Sunnah.com ref: darimi 2944
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-63450