Hadith #203
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ قَالَ ذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا قَالَ وَذَاكَ عِنْدَ أَوَانِ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا
رَسُولَ اللَّهِ 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 فَلَا يَنْتَفِعُونَ مِمَّا فِيهِمَا بِشَيْءٍ
Isnad Chain
وكيع
الأعمش
سالم بن أبي الجعد
زياد بن لبيد
English Translation
Ziyād ibn Labīd رضي الله عنه narrated: the Prophet ﷺ mentioned something and said: "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 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 among the most learned men in Madīnah. Do not these Jews and Christians read the Torah and the Gospel yet derive no benefit from what is in them?"
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 203
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17241
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53631