Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 789
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ حَصِيرَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ: إِنَّكُمْ فِي زَمَانٍ: كَثِيرٌ فُقَهَاؤُهُ، قَلِيلٌ خُطَبَاؤُهُ، قَلِيلٌ سُؤَّالُهُ، كَثِيرٌ مُعْطُوهُ، الْعَمَلُ فِيهِ قَائِدٌ لِلْهَوَى. وَسَيَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ زَمَانٌ: قَلِيلٌ فُقَهَاؤُهُ، كَثِيرٌ خُطَبَاؤُهُ، كَثِيرٌ سُؤَّالُهُ، قَلِيلٌ مُعْطُوهُ، الْهَوَى فِيهِ قَائِدٌ لِلْعَمَلِ، اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ حُسْنَ الْهَدْيِ، فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْعَمَلِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Zayd ibn Wahb said: I heard Ibn Mas‘ud say: “You are in a time when people of understanding are many, preachers are few, those who ask are few, and those who give are many; deeds lead desires. After you will come a time when people of understanding are few, preachers are many, those who ask are many, and those who give are few; desire leads deeds. Know that sound guidance at the end of time is better than some deeds.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَلِيلٌ سُؤَّالُهُ، كَثِيرٌ مُعْطُوهُ
The Arabic says few askers and many givers for the present time; the English witness reverses these counts.
Please correct the first period’s counts against the Arabic.
كَثِيرٌ سُؤَّالُهُ، قَلِيلٌ مُعْطُوهُ
This count is assigned to the later time in the Arabic. The witness aligns it with the later period, while its first period was reversed.
Please check the contrast between the two periods against the Arabic.