41/5. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2653 — Knowledge and Khushu
What Has Been Related About Knowledge Leaving
Hadith About Knowledge Being Taken and Khushu
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2653
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2653
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَشَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " هَذَا أَوَانٌ يُخْتَلَسُ الْعِلْمُ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى لاَ يَقْدِرُوا مِنْهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ " . فَقَالَ زِيَادُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ كَيْفَ يُخْتَلَسُ مِنَّا وَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَنَقْرَأَنَّهُ وَلَنُقْرِئَنَّهُ نِسَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَنَا . فَقَالَ " ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا زِيَادُ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَعُدُّكَ مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَذِهِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالإِنْجِيلُ عِنْدَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى فَمَاذَا تُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ " . قَالَ جُبَيْرٌ فَلَقِيتُ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ قُلْتُ أَلاَ تَسْمَعُ إِلَى مَا يَقُولُ أَخُوكَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ صَدَقَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنْ شِئْتَ لأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ بِأَوَّلِ عِلْمٍ يُرْفَعُ مِنَ النَّاسِ الْخُشُوعُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَسْجِدَ جَمَاعَةٍ فَلاَ تَرَى فِيهِ رَجُلاً خَاشِعًا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَمُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثِقَةٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ غَيْرَ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيِدٍ الْقَطَّانِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ نَحْوُ هَذَا . وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Abu Darda’ Narrated from:
We Were With The Prophet (ﷺ) When He Raised His Sight To The Sky, Then He Said: 'This Is The Time When Knowledge Is To Be Taken From The People, Until What Remains Of It Shall Not Amount To Anything." So Ziyad Bin Labid Al-Ansari Said: 'How Will It Be Taken From Us While We Recite The Qur'An. By Allah We Recite It, And Our Women And Children Recite It?' He (ﷺ) Said: 'May You Be Bereaved Of Your Mother O Ziyad! I Used To Consider You Among The Fuqaha Of The People Of Al-Madinah. The Tawrah And Injil Are With The Jews And Christians, But What Do They Avail Of Them?'"Jubair Said: "So I Met 'Ubadah Bin As-Samit And Said To Him: 'Have You Not Heard What Your Brother Abu Ad-Darda Said?' Then I Informed Him Of What Abu Ad-Darda Said. He Said: 'Abu Ad-Darda Spoke The Truth. If You Wish, We Shall Narrated To You About The First Knowledge To Be Removed From The People: It Is Khushu', Soon You Will Enter The Congregational Masjid, But Not See Any Man In It With Khushu'.'"
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2653In-book reference : Book 41, Hadith 9English translation : Vol. 5, Book 39, Hadith 2653
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2653
This hadith about knowledge and khushu shows that religious knowledge is more than reciting words. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم looked toward the sky and said that knowledge would be taken from people until little remained. Ziyad asked how this could happen while people recite the Qur'an and teach it to women and children. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم pointed out that the Tawrah and Injil were with Jews and Christians, yet that alone did not benefit them as it should. Then Ubadah said that the first knowledge to be removed would be khushu. The hadith teaches that recitation must be joined with living faith, humility, and real understanding.
What we learn from this hadith
- Reciting scripture alone is not enough without true benefit and humility.
- Knowledge can be taken from people in a serious way.
- Khushu is mentioned as the first knowledge to be removed.
- A mosque may have people present, yet still lack deep humility.
