Question

Can you mention the source of this narration?

لا تقوم الساعة حتى يصير العلم جهلا والجهل علما

 

Answer

Imam Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah (rahimahullah) has recorded this narration as the statement of the famous Tabi’i; Imam Sha’bi (rahimahullah).

(Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 38743. Also see footnotes of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwamah hafizahullah)

Translation

Qiyamah will not occur until knowledge becomes ignorance and ignorance is regarded as knowledge

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

مصنف ابن أبي شيبة:
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حدثنا أبو أسامة، عن مجالد، عن الشعبي، قال: لا تقوم الساعة حتى يصير العلم جهلا والجهل علما.

تعليقات الشيخ محمد عوامة على مصنف ابن أبي شيبة:
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في إسناده مجالد، ولا يضر، فمؤيدات هذا الخبر كثيرة، وكل ما ورد مما يدل على انعكاس الأحوال في آخر الزمن: فهو مؤيد لهذا القول، ومن ذلك: «أن تلد الأمة ربتها، وأن ترى الحفاة العراة…» وغيره وغيره كثير.


Moulana Suhail Motala


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