RENAISSANCE OCTOBER 2021

Ḥ ad ī th 46 Monthly Renaissance October 2021 وﺳﻠ ﻢ ﻠﻤﺔ ﻟْﺤﻜْﻤﺔﺿﺎﻟﺔ ﻟْﻤﺆْﻣﻦﻓﺤﻴْﺚوﺟﺪﻫﺎﻓﻬﻮ ¶ْ ﻟ ﺣﻖﺑ ﺎ ﻬ Ab ū Hurayrah stated: “God’s messenger said: ‘Words of wisdom are the lost heritage of a true believer. Thus wherever he finds them, he is more worthy of them.” 2 Following is the schematic illustration of the isn ā d of this narrative’s variants: Mu ḥ ammad Ab ū Hurayrah Sa‘ ī d al-Maqbru ī Ibr ā h ī m ibn al-Fa ḍ l ‘Abdull ā h ibn Numayr Makhlad ibn Yaz ī d Mu ḥ ammad ibn ‘Umar ‘Abd al- Ḥ am ī d ‘Abd al-Ra ḥ man al-Tirmidh ī Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahh ā b Ibn N ā jiyah Ibn M ā jah Ab ū Ḥā tim al-D ā raqu ṭ ni al-Jawhar ī Ab ū Man ṣū r Ibn al-Jawz ī Following is the jar ḥ recorded by al-Mizz ī on Ibr ā h ī m ibn al- Fa ḍ l: A ḥ mad ibn Ḥ anbal says that he is ḍ a‘ ī f laysa bi qaw ī f ī al- 2. Al-Tirmidh ī , Sunan , vol. 1, 51, (no. 2687). See also: Ibn M ā jah, Sunan , vol. 2, 1395, (no. 4169); Ibn al-Jawz ī , Al-‘Ilal al-mutan ā hiyah , vol. 1, 95, (114). Regarding the variant recorded by al-Tirmidh ī , he himself comments on it as being ghar ī b : ﺑ ﺎل ﻗ ª ﻮﻋﻴ  ﻫ ﺬ ﻌْﺮﻓﻪ  ﻳﺐٌ ﻵﻹ +à ٌ ﺣﺪﻳﺚ ﻵ ْ ﻹﻣ ﻦ ﻫ ﻟْﻮ ﺬ ﺟْﻪ .