O Allah, grant us beneficial knowledge, righteous deeds, and wholesome, ample provision by which You free us from dependence on Your creation; truly, You have power over all things.
1389 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declare, “May Allah make radiant the person who hears from us a statement and conveys it just as he heard it; for it may be that the one to whom it is conveyed retains it better than the original listener.” Related by al-Tirmidhī, who said, “This ḥadīth is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ (good and sound).”
1390 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever is asked about some knowledge and withholds it will be bridled on the Day of Resurrection with a bridle of fire.” Related by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who said, “This ḥadīth is ḥasan (good).”
[Explanation]
Al-Nawawī—may Allah have mercy on him—has gathered in the chapter on the excellence of knowledge sought and taught for Allah’s sake several aḥādīth, many of which have already been cited, among them the ḥadīth of Ibn Masʿūd, may Allah be pleased with him