25/24. Chapter:
Mishkat al-Masabih 4659 — Manners
Foreign Language May Be Learnt
Mishkat al-Masabih : 4659
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 4659
وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَتَعَلَّمَ السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: إِنَّهُ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَتَعَلَّمَ كِتَابَ يَهُودَ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي مَا آمَنُ يَهُودَ عَلَى كِتَابٍ» . قَالَ: فَمَا مَرَّ بِيَ نِصْفُ شَهْرٍ حَتَّى تَعَلَّمْتُ فَكَانَ إِذَا كَتَبَ إِلَى يَهُودَ كَتَبْتُ وَإِذَا كَتَبُوا إِلَيْهِ قَرَأْتُ لَهُ كِتَابَهُمْ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ
Zaid bin Thabit Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger ﷺ instructed me to learn suryani (Hebrew)." According to a version: "He commanded me that I should learn the writing of the Jews, saying, (By Allah) I do not trust the Jews for their writing correctly. And half a month had not passed by when I learnt it. So, I wrote to the Jews when he had to write, and read out their letters when they wrote to him.” [1]
[1] Tirmidhi # 2715.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 4659In-book reference : Book 25, Hadith 32
Translation source
- Compiler:
- Al-Khatib at-Tabrizi
- Translator:
- James Robson
- Publisher:
- Darussalam Publication
