41/18. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2680 — Seeking Knowledge in Madinah
What Has Been Related About The Scholar Of Al-Madinah
Hadith About Seeking Knowledge
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2680
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2680
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّارُ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، رِوَايَةً " يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ النَّاسُ، أَكْبَادَ الإِبِلِ يَطْلُبُونَ الْعِلْمَ فَلاَ يَجِدُونَ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمَ مِنْ عَالِمِ الْمَدِينَةِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَهُوَ حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي هَذَا سُئِلَ مَنْ عَالِمُ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ . وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ يَقُولُ هُوَ الْعُمَرِيُّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزَ الزَّاهِدُ . وَسَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ مُوسَى يَقُولُ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ هُوَ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ . وَالْعُمَرِيُّ هُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ مِنْ وَلَدِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ .
Narrated Abu Salih reported a narration from Abu Hurairah: "It Shall Soon Be That People Are Beating The Livers Of Camels (Meaning That They Are Hastening And Traveling Upon Them) Seeking Knowledge. But They Will Not Find Anyone More Knowledgeable Than A Scholar Of Al-Madinah."
[1] Meaning that they are hastening and traveling upon them.[2] Hāfiẓ Ibn Hajar considered it incorrect that it refers to 'Abdul-'Azīz, saving in the biography of 'Abdullāh the son of this 'Abdul-'Azīz, that he - 'Abdullāh is this Al-'Umarī Az-Zāhid. See At-Taqrīb and At-Tahdhīb , and the narration from Ishāq bin Mūsā from Ibn 'Uyainah; its chain is Ṣaḥīḥ So take note, and the same is the case of what he narrated from 'Abdur-Razzāq.Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2680In-book reference : Book 41, Hadith 36English translation : Vol. 5, Book 39, Hadith 2680
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2680
This Hadith reports that people would travel with great effort seeking knowledge. The wording describes them beating the livers of camels, meaning they would hasten and travel upon them. Yet they would not find anyone more knowledgeable than a scholar of Al-Madinah. The core message is the high value of seeking knowledge and the special mention of a scholar of Madinah in this narration. The text shows that knowledge is worth effort, travel, and hardship. A hadith about seeking knowledge should make a learner serious, patient, and respectful toward scholars. The narration does not name the scholar in the translation itself, so the explanation should not make a fixed claim beyond the provided wording.
What we learn from this hadith
- Seeking knowledge may require effort and travel.
- The Hadith praises the knowledge of a scholar of Al-Madinah.
- A learner should value people of knowledge.
- The narration shows seriousness in searching for religious knowledge.
