Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2685
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ جَمِيلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ، قَالَ ذُكِرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلاَنِ أَحَدُهُمَا عَابِدٌ وَالآخَرُ عَالِمٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فَضْلُ الْعَالِمِ عَلَى الْعَابِدِ كَفَضْلِي عَلَى أَدْنَاكُمْ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَهُ وَأَهْلَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ حَتَّى النَّمْلَةَ فِي جُحْرِهَا وَحَتَّى الْحُوتَ لَيُصَلُّونَ عَلَى مُعَلِّمِ النَّاسِ الْخَيْرَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ . قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ الْخُزَاعِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ الْفُضَيْلَ بْنَ عِيَاضٍ يَقُولُ عَالِمٌ عَامِلٌ مُعَلِّمٌ يُدْعَى كَبِيرًا فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَوَاتِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Umamah al-Bahili reported: ‘Two men were mentioned to the Messenger of Allah, one a worshipper and the other a scholar. The Messenger of Allah said, “The superiority of a scholar over a worshipper is like my superiority over the least of you.” Then he said, “Allah, His angels, and the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth—even the ant in its hole and the fish—send blessings upon the one who teaches people what is good.”’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This hadith is hasan sahih gharīb.’
Abu ‘Ammar al-Husayn ibn Hurayth al-Khuza‘i said: ‘I heard al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad say: “A scholar who acts on his knowledge and teaches will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source appends al-Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad’s remark about a scholar who both acts and teaches. The verb ‘send blessings’ renders yusalluna in the report about the teacher of good.