عن زيدِ بنِ ثابتٍ، قال: سمعتُ رسولَ الله ﷺ يقول: «نضَّر اللهُ امرأً سَمِعَ منَّا حديثًا، فحفِظَه حتى يُبلِّغَه؛ فرُبَّ حاملِ فِقهٍ إلى مَن هو أفقهُ منه،ورُبَّ حاملِ فِقهٍ ليس بفقيهٍ».
110 - Retaining and transmitting the Prophet’s hadiths
Zayd ibn Thābit narrated, saying: I heard God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) say:
1. May God grant comeliness to a person who might have heard a hadith from us, and he retained it in memory until he delivered it.
2. It may happen that someone carries real knowledge to one who is a better scholar.
3. And it may happen that someone carries real knowledge, but he himself is not a scholar.
Zayd ibn Thābit
Abu Sa‘īd Zayd ibn Thābit ibn al-Ḍaḥḥāk belonged to the Najjār clan of the Anṣār. He was a scribe who wrote down Qur’anic revelations as dictated by the Prophet (peace be upon him). He was eleven years of age when the Prophet migrated to Madinah. He took part in the Battle of Uḥud and all subsequent military expeditions. He was a most distinguished scholar among the first generation of Muslims, and excelled in Fiqh and the division of inheritance. Some reports suggest that his first participation in military activities was at the time of the siege of Madinah, i.e. al-Khandaq. He was one of the Prophet’s companions who memorized the Qur’an in full during the Prophet’s lifetime. He died in Year 45 AH, 665 CE.
