Hadith / Mishkat al-Masabih / 2:36

Mishkat al-Masabih 2:36

Knowledge

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Hadith 2:36

‘Abdallah b. ‘Amr reported God's messenger as saying, “Knowledge has three categories:

a precise verse, or an established sunna , or a firm obligatory duty. Anything else is an extra.” Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الْعِلْمُ ثَلَاثَةٌ: آيَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ أَوْ سُنَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌ أَوْ فَرِيضَةٌ عَادِلَةٌ وَمَا كَانَ سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ فضل " رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد وَابْن مَاجَه

Original Reference: Mishkat al-Masabih 239