Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 4015

What is Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 4015?

Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 4015 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 38: Tribulations. This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection
Sunan Ibn Majah
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 4015
Narrator in the source
It was narrated that Anas bin Malik رضی اللہ عنہ said
Displayed grading
Sahih

حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ،‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَيْدٍ حَفْصُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ الرُّعَيْنِيُّ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ،‏‏‏‏ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قِيلَ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ،‏‏‏‏ مَتَى نَتْرُكُ الْأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِذَا ظَهَرَ فِيكُمْ مَا ظَهَرَ فِي الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمْ ،‏‏‏‏ قُلْنَا:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ،‏‏‏‏ وَمَا ظَهَرَ فِي الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَنَا،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ الْمُلْكُ فِي صِغَارِكُمْ،‏‏‏‏ وَالْفَاحِشَةُ فِي كِبَارِكُمْ،‏‏‏‏ وَالْعِلْمُ فِي رُذَالَتِكُمْ ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ زَيْدٌ:‏‏‏‏ تَفْسِيرُ مَعْنَى قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ وَالْعِلْمُ فِي رُذَالَتِكُمْ :‏‏‏‏ إِذَا كَانَ الْعِلْمُ فِي الْفُسَّاقِ.

“It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, when should we stop enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil?’ He said: ‘When there appears among you that which appeared among those who came before you.’ We said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what appeared among those that came before us?’ He said: ‘Kingship given to your youth, immorality even among the old, and knowledge among the base and vile.’”

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik رضی اللہ عنہ said

Source information

Collection: Sunan Ibn Majah. Compiler: Imam Ibn Majah. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 4015.

This record is supplied by HadithAPI. Numbering and translations may differ between editions.

Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

Data sources, translations, grades and AI limitations