Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 258

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Mishkat al-Masabih 258
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَا حَدُّ الْعِلْمِ الَّذِي إِذَا بَلَغَهُ الرَّجُلُ كَانَ فَقِيهًا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «من حَفِظَ عَلَى أُمَّتِي أَرْبَعِينَ حَدِيثًا فِي أَمْرِ دِينِهَا بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ فَقِيهًا وَكُنْتُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة شافعا وشهيدا»
Translation

Abu Darda’ told how God’s messenger, when asked how much aman had to learn to become a faqih, replied, “ If anyone preserves formy people forty traditions concerning their religion, God will raise himup in the next world as a faqih, and I shall be an intercessor and witnessfor him on the day of resurrection.”