Hadith #390
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ قَالَ ذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ وَذَاكَ عِنْدَ أَوَانِ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَس
ُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ يَذْهَبُ الْعِلْمُ وَنَحْنُ نَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَنُقْرِئُهُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَيُقْرِئُهُ أَبْنَاؤُنَا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا ابْنَ أُمِّ لَبِيدٍ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَرَاكَ مِنْ أَفْقَهِ رَجُلٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ أَوَلَيْسَ هَذِهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى يَقْرَءُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ لَا يَنْتَفِعُونَ مِمَّا فِيهِمَا بِشَيْءٍ
Isnad Chain
وكيع
الأعمش
سالم بن أبي الجعد
زياد بن لبيد
English Translation
Ziyād ibn Labīd narrated: the Prophet ﷺ mentioned something and said: "And that will be at the time when knowledge departs." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, how will knowledge depart when we recite the Quran and teach it to our children, and our children will teach it to their children until the Day of Resurrection?" He said: "May your mother be bereaved of you, O Ibn Umm Labīd! I used to consider you one of the most learned men in Madīnah. Do not these Jews and Christians read the Torah and the Gospel yet benefit nothing from what is in them?"
Quran References
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 390
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16828
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53218