Dr. Rafiq Ahmad

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Lesson from the Bukhari Shareef

باب مَا جَاءَ فِى الْعِلْمِ ، وَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى ( وَقُلْ رَبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا )
الْقِرَاءَةُ وَالْعَرْضُ عَلَى الْمُحَدِّثِ . وَرَأَى الْحَسَنُ وَالثَّوْرِىُّ وَمَالِكٌ الْقِرَاءَةَ جَائِزَةً ، وَاحْتَجَّ بَعْضُهُمْ فِى الْقِرَاءَةِ عَلَى الْعَالِمِ بِحَدِيثِ ضِمَامِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ قَالَ لِلنَّبِىِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم - آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ نُصَلِّىَ الصَّلَوَاتِ قَالَ نَعَمْ . قَالَ فَهَذِهِ قِرَاءَةٌ عَلَى النَّبِىِّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - أَخْبَرَ ضِمَامٌ قَوْمَهُ بِذَلِكَ فَأَجَازُوهُ . وَاحْتَجَّ مَالِكٌ بِالصَّكِّ يُقْرَأُ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ فَيَقُولُونَ أَشْهَدَنَا فُلاَنٌ . وَيُقْرَأُ ذَلِكَ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِمْ ، وَيُقْرَأُ عَلَى الْمُقْرِئِ فَيَقُولُ الْقَارِئُ أَقْرَأَنِى فُلاَنٌ .
Chapter 6 :What has come about knowledge and the saying of Allah: "My Lord! Increase me in knowledge". (20:114)
Recitation of the teacher (Muhaddith) and recitation of the student in presence of the teacher.

Lesson From Bukhari Shareef

بابُ: مَنْ رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ بِالْعلْمِ
Chapter 3 : Who raises his voice in (conveying) knowledge.

Purpose of Tarjamatul Baab
Hadhrat Shaikh-ul-Hind says that it is against the dignity of a prophet to make noise and to talk loudly. In this Hadith it is shown that one can talk loudly with a lashing tongue in order to convey the message of Deen with firmness.

Hadith No. 59
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ عَارِمُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِى بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنَّا النَّبِىُّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فِى سَفْرَةٍ سَافَرْنَاهَا ، فَأَدْرَكَنَا وَقَدْ أَرْهَقَتْنَا الصَّلاَةُ وَنَحْنُ نَتَوَضَّأُ فَجَعَلْنَا نَمْسَحُ عَلَى أَرْجُلِنَا ، فَنَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا .

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (RA)
Once the Prophet remained behind us in a journey.

Lesson From Bukhari Shareef

  كتاب العلم

The Book of Knowledge 

Imam Bukhari started his book with the Chapter of Wahy, followed it with the Chapter of Iman and then with the Chapter of knowledge. The reasons for starting with the Chapter of Wahy have already been discussed in that chapter. After Wahy, the Iman is the basis of whole Deen, regarding both the beliefs as well as the deeds. After obtaining Iman, one has to know the things related to it, and in order to follow them as per Shari’ah he needs to have knowledge. That is why Imam Bukhari followed the Chapter of Iman with that of knowledge. There exists a debate amongst the scholars whether the knowledge is axiomatic (self-evident)بديهي  or speculative ظني .

Lesson from the Qur'an

  Verse 146-147

الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ () الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ ()

Those whom We have given the Book recognize him (The Holy Prophet) as they recognize their own sons. And, in fact, a group of them does conceal the truth while they know. The truth is from your Lord. So, never be among those who doubt.

"Verses 144 and 145 have told us how the People of the Book knew in their hearts that a divine commandment itself had instituted the Baytullah as the Qiblah of the Muslims, and yet denied this fact in public.

Lesson From The Bukhari Sharief

  كتاب الوضوء

The Book of Ablution

 بسم الله الرحمان الرحيمباب مَا جَاءَ فِى الْوُضُوءِ .

وَقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ( إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ) قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَبَيَّنَ النَّبِىُّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - أَنَّ فَرْضَ الْوُضُوءِ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً ، وَتَوَضَّأَ أَيْضًا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَثَلاَثًا ، وَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَى ثَلاَثٍ ، وَكَرِهَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ الإِسْرَافَ فِيهِ وَأَنْ يُجَاوِزُوا فِعْلَ النَّبِىِّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم .  

Chapter 1 : What has come (in revelation) regarding ablution? And the saying of Allah “O you who believe! When you intend to offer prayer, wash your faces and your forearms up to the elbows, rub (by passing wet hands over) your heads, and (wash) your feet up to the ankles”.

Lesson from the Bukhari Sharief

باب مَنِ اسْتَحْيَا فَأَمَرَ غَيْرَهُ بِالسُّؤَالِ
Chapter 51 : That who felt shy (to ask something) and then requested another person to ask on his behalf.

Purpose of Tarjamatul Baab
Here Imam Bukhari (RA) wants to say that one should always try to learn religious knowledge from learned scholars. If one feels shy to ask questions, he should request someone else to ask on his behalf as was done by Hadhrat Ali (RA).

Hadith No. 130
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُنْذِرٍ الثَّوْرِىِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ عَنْ عَلِىٍّ قَالَ كُنْتُ رَجُلاً مَذَّاءً فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّبِىَّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

Narrated 'Ali (RA)
I used to get the emotional urethral discharge frequently so I requested Al-Miqdad to ask the Prophet about it.

Lesson From The Bukhari Sharief

باب مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْعَالِمِ إِذَا سُئِلَ أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ فَيَكِلُ الْعِلْمَ إِلَى اللَّهِ
Chapter 44 : When a religious scholar is asked "Who is the most learned person", it is better for him to attribute or entrust absolute knowledge to Allah and to say : "Allah is the Most Learned over everybody else".

Purpose of Tarjamatul Baab
Here Imam Bukhari (RA) wants to tell the scholars of knowledge that they should always have humility, should not be proud of their knowledge as they should always consider that there will be numerous people more knowledgeable than them.

Hadith No. 121
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِى سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ نَوْفًا الْبِكَالِىَّ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ مُوسَى لَيْسَ بِمُوسَى بَنِى إِسْرَائِيلَ ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ مُوسَى آخَرُ .

Lesson From The Bukhari Sharief

باب حِفْظِ الْعِلْمِ
Chapter 42 : The memorization of the (religious) knowledge.

Purpose of Tarjamatul Baab
In earlier chapter Imam Bukhari stressed that one can continue learning even during nights. After learning the knowledge one needs to take measure to safeguard it from getting wasted because of forgetting. For this one needs to remain in touch with the means of learning as was done by Abu Huraira (RA).

Hadith No.

Lesson From The Bukhari Sharief

Hadith No. 112
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِىُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِى وَهْبُ بْنُ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِىِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَحَدٌ أَكْثَرَ حَدِيثًا عَنْهُ مِنِّى ، إِلاَّ مَا كَانَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ وَلاَ أَكْتُبُ . تَابَعَهُ مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ .

Narrated Abu Huraira (RA)
There is none among the companions of the Prophet who has narrated more Ahaadith than I except 'Abdullah bin Amr (bin Al-'As) who used to write them and I never did the same.

Comments
Hadhrat Abu Huraira (RA) says that he has quoted the maximum number of Ahaadith, but he thought that probably Abdullah bin Amr might have quoted more Ahaadith than him because he (Abdullah bin Amr) used to write Hadith from Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).

Lesson From The Bukhari Sharief

باب لِيُبَلِّغِ الْعِلْمَ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ . قَالَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِىِّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم
Chapter 37 : Those who are present should convey the knowledge to those who are absent. Ibn Abbas has narrated this from Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).

Purpose of Tarjamatul Baab
In earlier chapter, Imam Bukhari told us that we should try to listen and learn the knowledge and that we should not hesitate to in ask the teacher again and again till we understand nicely. Now in this chapter he says that after learning and understanding the knowledge, it is our prime duty to convey the same to others.

Hadith No.