'' Our Lord ! grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter and save us from the torment of the Fire '' [Ameen]
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Rabbanaa aatinaa fid-dunyaa hasanatan wafil aakhirati hasanatan waqinaa 'athaaban-naar/-
(Surah Al-Baqarah ,verse 201)
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scholar is better than the worship of the ignorant".
Praise be to Allah
Firstly:
This saying, "The sleep of the scholar is better than the worship of
the ignorant", is not a hadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) and it is not a report from any of the Sahabah
(Companions) or Tabi'een (Successors). It is not known in the books of
Sunnah (prophetic traditions) and hadeeth, and we have not come across
it in any of the recognized books of Sunnah, even after extensive
searching.
Rather we found it among the books of the Shi'ah which are full of
fabrications and lies, in a book called Man la yahduruhu al-Faqeeh
(4/352-367) by ash-Shaykh as-Sadooq (d. 381 AH), where it says:
"It was narrated from Hammad ibn 'Amr and Anas ibn Muhammad from his
father, and they both – meaning Hammad and Muhammad the father of Anas
– narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his
grandfather, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him),
from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he
said to him: – and he mentioned a very lengthy hadeeth, in which he
said: 'O 'Ali! The sleep of the scholar is better than the worship of
the worshipper.'"
From this book it was picked up by many of the books of the Shi'ah,
such as Makarim al-Akhlaq by at-Tubrusi (d. 548 AH), p. 441; Bihar
al-Anwar by al-Majlisi, 2/25; and elsewhere.
The indication of falsehood is clear in this hadeeth. Hammad ibn 'Amr
and Muhammad the father of Anas are both majhool (unknown) and are not
known to have been narrated from Ja'far as-Sadiq. There is no mention
of him in the books of the Sunnis or even in the books of the Shi'ah,
to such an extent that the commentator on the book Man la yahduruhu
Faqeeh (1/536) said, when Shaykh as-Sadooq attributed its isnad (chain
of narration) to Hammad ibn 'Amr and Anas: "Hammad ibn 'Amr, perhaps
he is from the city of Naseebiyyeen, and is not mentioned, and the
same applies to Anas ibn Muhammad. In the isnad going back to them
there are unknown narrators, and it is as if they are from among the
regular masses"– meaning Ahl as-Sunnah!
When Abu'l-Qasim al-Kho'i gave a biography of him in Mu'jam Rijal
al-Hadeeth, 7/235, he did not narrate from anyone that they regarded
him as trustworthy. Rather he also said: "as-Sadooq's isnad going back
to him about the will (wasiyyah) of the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him and his family) to Ameer al-Mu'mineen ['Ali]
(peace be upon him) is da'eef (weak), and includes a number of unknown
narrators." End quote.
It is sufficient for you to know that hundreds of hadeeths that are
attributed to Ja'far as-Sadiq were only narrated with this isnad going
back to him, which even some of the Shi 'ah admit includes some
unknown narrators, and the unknown narrator is used as a means to tell
lies about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him).
Similar to this is another saying, "The sleep of the scholar is
worship." These are not the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) either. Mullah 'Ali al-Qari (may Allah have
mercy on him) said: It has no basis in any marfoo' report (one that
has an isnad going back to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him)).
End quote from al-Asrar al-Marfoo'ah fi'l-Akhbar al-Mawdoo'ah, p.374
And Allah knows best.
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