Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 239
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " إِنَّهُ لَيَسْتَغْفِرُ لِلْعَالِمِ مَنْ فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ حَتَّى الْحِيتَانِ فِي الْبَحْرِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us: Ḥafṣ ibn ʿUmar narrated to us, from ʿUthmān ibn ʿAṭāʾ, from his father, from Abū al-Dardāʾ, who said: I heard the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, say: “Everyone in the heavens and on earth seeks forgiveness for the scholar, even the fish in the sea.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ
The supplied English witness attributes this report to Abū Dharr, while the Arabic names Abū al-Dardāʾ.
Should the English witness attribution be checked against another edition?