'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say: 'Allah will not take away knowledge by snatching it away from the people. Rather, He will take away knowledge by taking away the scholars until, when there is no scholar left, people will turn to ignorant leaders who will be asked questions and will issue Fatawa (rulings) without knowledge. They will go astray and lead others astray."'

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، سَمِعْتَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ انْتِزَاعًا يَنْتَزِعُهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعِلْمَ بِقَبْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ ، حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَتْرُكْ عَالِمًا ، اتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُؤُوسًا جُهَّالاً ، فَسُئِلُوا فَأَفْتَوْا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ، فَضَلُّوا وَأَضَلُّوا.

It was narrated that 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair said: "Aishah said to me: 'O son of my sister, I have heard that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr will pass by us en route to Hajj. Go to him and ask him, for he acquired a great deal of knowledge from the Prophet (s.a.w)."' He said: "I met him, and asked him about things that he remembered about the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w)." 'Urwah said: "Among the things that he mentioned was that the Prophet (s.a.w) said: 'Allah will not snatch knowledge away from the people. Rather He will take away the scholars, and knowledge will be taken away with them, and there will be left among the people ignorant leaders who will issue Fatawa to them without _knowledge; they will go astray and lead others astray."' 'Urwah said: "When I narrated that to 'Aishah, she could not believe it and found it strange. She said: 'Did he tell you that he heard the Prophet (s.a.w) say that?"' 'Urwah said: "The following year, she said to me: 'Ibn 'Amr has come; go and meet him and talk to him until you ask him about the Hadith that he told you concerning knowledge.'" He said: "So I met him and asked him, and he told it to me as he had told me the first time." 'Urwah said: "When I told her that, she said: 'I do not think but he has told the truth. I think that he has neither added anything nor taken anything away.'"

حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ ، أَنَّ أَبَا الأَسْوَدِ ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، قَالَ : قَالَتْ لِي عَائِشَةُ : يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو ، مَارٌّ بِنَا إِلَى الْحَجِّ ، فَالْقَهُ فَسَائِلْهُ ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ حَمَلَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِلْمًا كَثِيرًا ، قَالَ : فَلَقِيتُهُ فَسَاءَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ يَذْكُرُهَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. قَالَ عُرْوَةُ : فَكَانَ فِيمَا ذَكَرَ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَنْتَزِعُ الْعِلْمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ انْتِزَاعًا ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعُلَمَاءَ فَيَرْفَعُ الْعِلْمَ مَعَهُمْ ، وَيُبْقِي فِي النَّاسِ رُؤُوسًا جُهَّالاً ، يُفْتُونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ، فَيَضِلُّونَ وَيُضِلُّونَ.قَالَ عُرْوَةُ : فَلَمَّا حَدَّثْتُ عَائِشَةَ بِذَلِكَ ، أَعْظَمَتْ ذَلِكَ وَأَنْكَرَتْهُ ، قَالَتْ : أَحَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ هَذَا ؟قَالَ عُرْوَةُ : حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ قَابِلٌ قَالَتْ لَهُ : إِنَّ ابْنَ عَمْرٍو قَدْ قَدِمَ ، فَالْقَهُ ، ثُمَّ فَاتِحْهُ حَتَّى تَسْأَلَهُ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ لَكَ فِي الْعِلْمِ ، قَالَ : فَلَقِيتُهُ فَسَاءَلْتُهُ ، فَذَكَرَهُ لِي نَحْوَ مَا حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ ، فِي مَرَّتِهِ الأُولَى. قَالَ عُرْوَةُ : فَلَمَّا أَخْبَرْتُهَا بِذَلِكَ ، قَالَتْ : مَا أَحْسَبُهُ إِلاَّ قَدْ صَدَقَ ، أَرَاهُ لَمْ يَزِدْ فِيهِ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يَنْقُصْ.

It was narrated that Jarir bin 'Abdullah said: "Some Bedouins came to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) wearing woolen garments, and he saw their bad condition and that they were in need, so he urged the people to give in charity, but they were so slow that (his disapproval) could be seen in his face. "Then an Ansari man brought a purse of silver, then another came, then they came one after another, until signs of happiness could be seen in his face. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'Whoever starts a good practice in Islam that is followed after he is gone, there will be written for him a reward like that of those who do it, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest. Whoever starts a bad practice in Islam that is followed after he is gone, there will be written for him a burden of sin like that of those who do it, without that detracting from their burden in the slightest."'

حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، وَأَبِي الضُّحَى ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ الْعَبْسِيِّ ، عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ نَاسٌ مِنَ الأَعْرَابِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمِ الصُّوفُ فَرَأَى سُوءَ حَالِهِمْ قَدْ أَصَابَتْهُمْ حَاجَةٌ ، فَحَثَّ النَّاسَ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ ، فَأَبْطَؤُوا عَنْهُ حَتَّى رُئِيَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ. قَالَ : ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ جَاءَ بِصُرَّةٍ مِنْ وَرِقٍ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ ، ثُمَّ تَتَابَعُوا حَتَّى عُرِفَ السُّرُورُ فِي وَجْهِهِ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَنْ سَنَّ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ سُنَّةً حَسَنَةً ، فَعُمِلَ بِهَا بَعْدَهُ ، كُتِبَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا ، وَلاَ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْءٌ ، وَمَنْ سَنَّ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ سُنَّةً سَيِّئَةً ، فَعُمِلَ بِهَا بَعْدَهُ ، كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ وِزْرِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا ، وَلاَ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَوْزَارِهِمْ شَيْءٌ.

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Whoever calls others to guidance will have a reward like that of those who follow it, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest. And whoever calls others to misguidance will have a burden of sin like that of those who follow it, without it detracting from their burden in the slightest."

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَابْنُ حُجْرٍ ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنُونَ ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ: مَنْ دَعَا إِلَى هُدًى، كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الأَجْرِ مِثْلُ أُجُورِ مَنْ تَبِعَهُ، لاَ يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا، وَمَنْ دَعَا إِلَى ضَلاَلَةٍ ، كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الإِثْمِ مِثْلُ آثَامِ مَنْ تَبِعَهُ ، لاَ يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آثَامِهِمْ شَيْئًا.