Sunan ibn Mājah Ḥadīth [61] – Preceding matters in the seeking of knowledge…
22 February 2021 · 10 Rajab 1442 AH
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ نَجِيحٍ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ، عَنْ جُنْدُبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ فِتْيَانٌ حَزَاوِرَةٌ، فَتَعَلَّمْنَا الْإِيمَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَتَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ، ثُمَّ تَعَلَّمْنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَازْدَدْنَا بِهِ إِيمَانًا
Reference
Book 0: The book of sunnah
Chapter 9: Regarding faith
Translation
Ḥadīth [61]: It is narrated on the authority of Jundub bin ‘Abdullāh [d. after 60H] (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: ‘We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), and we were strong youths, so we learned faith before we learned Qurān. Then we learned Qurān, and our faith increased thereby.’
Takhrīj
• Bayhayqī’s Sunan al-Kubrā (5292 (3/171))
• Al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr (1678 (2/165))
Non-primary books:
• Siyar A’lām an-Nubalā’ (3/174-175)
• Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (54 (1/58-59))
• Talkhīṣ al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil (54 (1/81))
Grade:
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Sunan ibn Mājah (61 (1/25)))
• Ṣaḥīḥ by Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar ad-Da’wah, New Delhi (Sunan ibn Mājah (61 (1/48)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Sunan ibn Mājah (61 (1/12)))
• Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Sunan ibn Mājah (61 (1/42)))
• Ḥasan by Shaykh Dr. Ḍiyā’-ur-Raḥmān al-‘Aẓamī (Al-Jāmi’ al-Kāmil)
Commentary
Commentary by Dārussalām (Sunan ibn Mājah)
❶ Knowledge of the Oneness of Allāh and other basic beliefs gets priority over acts of worship and the code of daily dealings. That is why the main focus in Makkan Sūrah (chapters) of the Qurān is on basic beliefs while the Madinite Sūrah mostly deal with daily dealings and transactions.
❷ Increase in knowledge leads to increase in faith.
❸ The last sentence in the ḥadīth is a proof of the phenomenon of increase and decrease in faith.
• Reference: [61 (1/114-115), Sunan ibn Mājah, Dārussalām (Eng)]
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