Source: HadeethEnc.com, English v1.25.0
Arabic text
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «نَضَّرَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا شَيْئًا فَبَلَّغَهُ كَمَا سَمِعَ، فَرُبَّ مُبَلِّغٍ أَوْعَى مِنْ سَامِعٍ».
Translation
‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say: "May Allah brighten the person who hears something from us and conveys it as he heard it, for perhaps the one to whom it is conveyed is more mindful than the hearer."
Explanation
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for brightness, joy, and beauty in this world, and that Allah grants the person the radiance, bliss, and bloom of Paradise in the Hereafter for whoever hears his Hadīth and memorizes it to convey it to others. Perhaps the one to whom the Hadīth is conveyed understands it better, has deeper insight, and is more capable of deriving rulings than the one who originally transmitted it. The first excels in memorization and transmission, while the second excels in understanding and deduction.
Benefits
- Encouraging the memorization of the Prophetic Sunnah and its conveyance to people.
- Highlighting the merit of the people of Hadīth and the honor of seeking such knowledge.
- The merit of scholars, who are the people of deduction and understanding.
- The merit of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), as they are the ones who heard the Hadīth of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and conveyed it to us.
- Al-Munāwi said: He clarified here that comprehension is not a condition for the Hadīth narrator; rather, memorization is a condition. However, understanding and reflection are required from the jurist.
- Ibn ‘Uyaynah said: No one who seeks Hadīth except that there is brightness in his face because of this Hadīth.
- Memorization, according to the scholars of Hadīth, is of two types: memorization of the heart and mind, and memorization through writing in books and lines. Both types are included in the supplication mentioned in the Hadīth.
- People vary in their level of understanding, for perhaps the one to whom knowledge is conveyed is better at understanding than the hearer, and perhaps the one carrying the knowledge of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) is not himself a jurist.
Explanation: العربية
دَعَا النبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بالنَّضَارة والبَهْجَة والحُسْن في الدنيا، وأنْ يُوصله الله إلى نَضْرَة الجنة ونعيمها ونَضَارتها في الآخرة؛ لمن سمع حديثه فحَفِظَه حتى يُبلِّغَه لغيره، فربما يكون المنقول له الحديث أَوعى وأفقه وأقدر على الاستنباط من ناقِل الحديث، فيكون الأول يُتْقِنُ الحفظ والنقل، ويكون الثاني يتقن الفهم والاستنباط.
- الحث على حفظ السنة النبوية، وتبليغها للناس.
- بيان فضل أهل الحديث، وشَرَف طلبه.
- فضل العلماء، الذين هم أهل الاستنباط والفهم.
- فضل الصحابة رضوان الله عليهم، فهم من سمعوا حديث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وبَلَّغوه لنا.
- قال المناوي: بَيَّنَ به أنَّ راوي الحديث ليس الفقه مِن شَرْطِه، إنما شَرْطُه الحفظ، وعلى الفقيه التَّفَهُّم والتدبُّر.
- قال ابن عيينة: ما من أحد يطلب الحديث إلا وفي وجهه نَضْرة لهذا الحديث.
- الحِفْظ عند المُحدِّثين على نوعين: حِفْظ قَلْب وصَدْر، وحِفظ كتاب وسَطْر، وكلاهما يشمله الدعاء في الحديث.
- فهوم الناس مُتَفَاوِتَة، فرُبّ مبلغ أوعى من سامع، ورب حامل فقه ليس بفقيه.