Taking Care Of The Seekers Of Knowledge
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Book Of The SunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 247 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 90
Source no. 247 · Volume 1 · Page 319
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حسن، الصحيحة (٢٨٠)
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247. Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "People will come to you seeking knowledge. When you see them, say to them, 'Welcome, welcome,' in obedience to the injunctions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and instruct them in knowledge." (One of the narrators said) "I said to Al-Hakam: 'What is Iqnuhum?' He said: 'Instruct them.'" (Da'if)
247 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " سَيَأْتِيكُمْ أَقْوَامٌ يَطْلُبُونَ الْعِلْمَ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمْ فَقُولُوا لَهُمْ: مَرْحَبًا مَرْحَبًا بِوَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَاقْنُوهُمْ " قُلْتُ لِلْحَكَمِ، مَا اقْنُوهُمْ، قَالَ: عَلِّمُوهُمْ
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Blessed are the seekers of the knowledge as given by the Prophet ﷺ, because these are the people who have been declared as deserving of a warm welcome by the Prophet ﷺ himself. It is true that other arts and sciences do not fall in that category, yet the learning of them is also the need of the society. It is the duty of the scholars of religion to treat their students with kindness and love, and make them aware of the place of honor occupied by the religious sciences, so that the students feel inspired to learn them with zeal and passion, and bear with patience the hardships, if any, faced by them in their acquisition of that knowledge.