حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ قَالَ ذَکَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ ذَاکَ عِنْدَ أَوَانِ ذَهَابِ الْعِلْمِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَکَيْفَ يَذْهَبُ الْعِلْمُ وَنَحْنُ نَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَنُقْرِئُهُ أَبْنَائَنَا وَيُقْرِئُهُ أَبْنَاؤُنَا أَبْنَائَهُمْ إِلَی يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ ثَکِلَتْکَ أُمُّکَ زِيَادُ إِنْ کُنْتُ لَأَرَاکَ مِنْ أَفْقَهِ رَجُلٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ أَوَلَيْسَ هَذِهِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَی يَقْرَئُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ لَا يَعْمَلُونَ بِشَيْئٍ مِمَّا فِيهِمَا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 4048
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: '0 Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H, how will know ledge disappear when we read the Qur'an 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 bereft of you, 0 Ziyad! I thought that you were the wisest man in Al-Madinah. Is it not the case that these Jews and Christians read the rawrah and the Injil, but they do not act upon anything of what is In them?'" (Daif)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020