Sahih Muslim Hadith 6799 – The Taking Away

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[6799] 14 – ( … ) It was narrated that 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair said: "Aishah said to me: '0 son of my sister, I have heard that 'Abdullâh bin 'Amr will pass by us en route to IJajj. Go to him and ask him, for he acquired a great deal of knowledge from the Prophet ." He said: "I met him, and asked him about things that he remembered about the Messenger of Allah ." 'Urwah said: "Among the things that he mentioned was that the Prophet 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 Fatâwâ 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 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 IjadIth 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." Chapter 6. The One Who Starts Something Good Or Something Bad; The One Who Calls Others To Guidance Or Misguidance