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جامع ترمذی chevron_rightكتاب العلم عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم chevron_rightHadith #2685 chevron_right


حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی الصَّنْعَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ رَجَائٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ قَالَ ذُکِرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا عَابِدٌ وَالْآخَرُ عَالِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَی الْعَابِدِ کَفَضْلِي عَلَی أَدْنَاکُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِکَتَهُ وَأَهْلَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرَضِينَ حَتَّی النَّمْلَةَ فِي جُحْرِهَا وَحَتَّی الْحُوتَ لَيُصَلُّونَ عَلَی مُعَلِّمِ النَّاسِ الْخَيْرَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ قَالَ سَمِعْت أَبَا عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الْفُضَيْلَ بْنَ عِيَاضٍ يَقُولُ عَالِمٌ عَامِلٌ مُعَلِّمٌ يُدْعَی کَبِيرًا فِي مَلَکُوتِ السَّمَوَاتِ

جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2685

Narrated Abu Umamah Al-Bahili: Two men were mentioned before the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). One of them a worshiper, and the other a scholar. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The superiority of the scholar over the worshiper is like my superiority over the least of you.' Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Indeed Allah, His Angels, the inhabitants of the heavens and the earths - even the ant in his hole, even the fish - say Salat upon the one who teaches the people to do good.'

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020

Chain of Narration

  • أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ،
  • القاسم أبو عبد الرحمن
  • الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ،
  • سَلَمَةُ بْنُ رَجَائٍ
  • مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ،

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