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“Wisdom is the lost property of the believer”: is it a hadith? Where is it written?

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الحكمة ضالة المؤمن

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Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, No. 2687

Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī No. 2687

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْكِنْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا ", قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ، لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْمَدَنِيُّ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِفْظِهِ.

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  • al-Albānī: Ḍaʿīf jiddan — Ṣaḥīḥ wa-Ḍaʿīf Sunan al-Tirmidhī (al-Maktaba al-Shāmila)

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  • Sunan Ibn Mājah, No. 4169

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  1. Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī 2687: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْكِنْدِيُّ, from عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ, from إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ, from سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ, from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

Sunan Ibn Mājah No. 4169The wording matches the text searched.Show the full entry

Sunan Ibn Mājah No. 4169

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ, حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ, عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ, عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ, عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ, قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الْكَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ, حَيْثُمَا وَجَدَهَا, فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا ".

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  1. Sunan Ibn Mājah 4169: عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ, from عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ, from إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ, from سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ, from أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ (Abū Hurayrah), from the Prophet ﷺ

Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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al-Muwaṭṭaʾ Book 29, no. 1224The wording is similar, not the same. Compare the two texts.Show the full entry

al-Muwaṭṭaʾ Book 29, no. 1224

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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُمَا يَذْكُرَانِ أَنَّ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ طَلَّقَ ابْنَةَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ الْبَتَّةَ، فَانْتَقَلَهَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ عَائِشَةُ أُمُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَى مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَتْ: اتَّقِ اللَّهَ، وَارْدُدِ الْمَرْأَةَ إِلَى بَيْتِهَا، فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ فِي حَدِيثِ سُلَيْمَانَ: إِنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ غَلَبَنِي، وَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ فِي حَدِيثِ الْقَاسِمِ: أَوَ مَا بَلَغَكِ شَأْنُ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ قَيْسٍ؟ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: لَا يَضُرُّكَ أَنْ لَا تَذْكُرَ حَدِيثَ فَاطِمَةَ، فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ: " إِنْ كَانَ بِكِ الشَّرُّ فَحَسْبُكِ مَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ ".

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  • Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, No. 5321
  • Sunan Abī Dāwūd, No. 2295

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Text source: Mghari, Bouras, El Hibaoui (2022), Sanadset 650K, CC BY 4.0

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