Aboo Sa‘eed al-Khudree reported
that the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “A believer is never tired of the good he hears till he ends up in
Paradise.”[1]
At-Tirmidhee said this hadeeth is hasan ghareeb. This version is well
known and people have reported it and Ahmad cited most of it in his Musnad; as
such, the hadeeth has supporting evidences. The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa
sallam) made craving for knowledge and never-ending appetite for it as one of
the requirements of eemaan and the attributes of the believers. He also
informed that this would not cease to be the attitude of a believer until his
admission into Paradise.
For this reason, if it is said to anyone among the Imams of Islam:
“How long will you seek for knowledge?” He will say, ‘Till death.” Nu‘aym bin
Hamaad said: “I heard Abdullaah bin al-Mubaarak saying, despite being
criticized by some people for seeking for hadeeth so much, when they asked him:
“How long will you continue to listen to hadeeth?” He said, “Till death.”[2]
Al-Husayn bin Mansoor al-Khasaas narrated: “I said to Ahmad bin Hanbal, ‘How
long should a man write hadeeth?” He said, ‘Till death.”[3]
Abdullaah bin Muhammad al-Baghaweee said: “I heard Ahmad bin Hanbal saying, ‘I
will seek for knowledge till I enter the grave.”[4]
Muhammad bin Ismaa‘eel as-Saa’igh said: “I was working as a
goldsmith with my father in Baghdad one day when Ahmad bin Hanbal passed by us
running while carrying his shoe in his hand. Then my father held the edge of
his garment and said: “O Aboo Abdullaah, are you not shy? How long will you be
running with these people?” He said, “Till death.”[5]
Abdullaah bin Bishr at-Taaliqaanee said: “I wish that the command of my Lord
(i.e. death) will come while the inkstand is in front of me without detaching
me from knowledge and the inkstand.”[6]
Humayd bin Muhammad bin Yazeed al-Basree said, “Ibn Bastaam
al-Haafidh came asking me about hadeeth. So I said to him, ‘How extreme is your
eagerness for hadeeth!” So he said: “Do you not love that I should be in the
train of the family of Allah’s Messenger?” One of the scholars was asked: “When
is it good for a man to learn?” He said: “When life is good for him.”[7]
Al-Hasan was asked about a man of eighty years old: “Is it good for him to seek
for knowledge?” He said, “If it is good for him to live.”[8]
Source: Miftaah Daar as-Sa‘aadah wa Manshoor Wilaayah Ahl al-‘Ilm
wal-Iraadah, pp. 202-205 by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allah have merce on
him)
[2]
Recorded by Ibn ‘Adiy in al-Kaamil (3/114); see Jaami’ Bayaan al-Ilm wa Fadlih
(1/406)
[3]
Recorded by al-Khateeb in Sharaf Ashaab al-Hadeeth (144)
[4]
Recorded by al-Khateeb in Sharaf Ashaab al-Hadeeth (145)
[5]
Recorded by al-Khateeb in Taareekh Baghdaad (3/29)
[6]
Recorded by Ibn Asaakir in Taareekh Dimashq (27/168)
[7]
See Jaami’ Bayaan al-Ilm (1/406)
[8]
Recorded by al-Khateeb in Sharaf Ashaab al-Hadeeth (146)
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