The Excellence Of Those Who Travel For Seeking Hadeeth

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Tahdheeb Sharaf As.haabil-Hadeeth
by Al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee


*9: The Excellence Of Those Who Travel For Seeking Hadeeth*

Yazeed bin Haaroon said, "I said to Hammaad bin Zaid: O Abaa Ismaa'eel!
Has Allaah the Mighty and Majestic mentioned the As.haab ul-Hadeeth in the
Qur'aan?" He said, "Yes, have you not heard His saying, "Of every troop of
them, a party only should go forth, that they (who are left behind) may get
instructions in (Islâmic) religion, and that they may warn their people when
they return to them" (Tawbah 9:122). So this is for everyone who travels in
seeking hadeeth and fiqh (of the religion) and who returns with it to those
who remain behind him, teaching them that which he has acquired."

Ahmad bin Hanbal said, "I heard Abdur-Razzaaq say concerning the saying of
Allaah the Mighty and Majestic, "And it is not (proper) for the believers to
go out to fight (Jihâd) all together. Of every troop of them, a party only
should go forth, that they (who are left behind) may get instructions in
(Islâmic) religion, and that they may warn their people when they return to
them, so that they may beware (of evil)." (Tawbah 9:122), so he said, "They
are the As.haab ul-Hadeeth."

Ibraaheem bin Adham said, "Verily Allaah the Most High repels calamities
from this Ummah on account of the journeying of the As.haab ul-Hadeeth."

Nasr bin Marzooq said, "Ali bin Ma'bad, whenever he would see the
As.haabul-Hadeeth, would say, "Their hair is dishevelled, their
clothes are dirty,
their faces have dust on them, and if there was to be no reward alongside
all this, then by Allaah, this is punishment indeed".

I [al-Khateeb] say: And we believe firmly, without any doubt, that the
seeker of hadeeth is rewarded for his seeking, and the least benefit that is
acquired by this is what has been said by Wakee' bin al-Jarraah:

Wakeel Ibn al-Jarraah said, "If a man was not to acquire anything from
seeking hadeeth except that it prevents him (i.e. preoccupies him) from
desire (hawa), then he has attained correctness in doing so".

Hammaad bin Zaid said, "News of the death of a youth from As.haab ul-Hadeeth
would reach Ayyoob as-Sakhtiyaanee, and the effects of that would be
observed in him, and the death of a man who would be mentioned with abundant
worship would reach him and no effects of (being affected by that) would be
observed in him".

Tahdheeb Sharaf Ashaabul-Hadeeth of al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee (p.77-78)

--
Shaqeeq Ibn Ibaraheem said:

"The doors of success have been closed upon the creation because of six
things:

Their busying themselves with the blessings of Allaah instead of thanking
Allaah for them, their desire for knowledge while they abandon actions, the
hastiness to sin and delaying repentance, the deception of having righteous
companions and not taking them as examples, the turning away of the dunya
from them while they chase it, and the approach of the afterlife towards
them while they turn away from it."