7/29/2019 From Mulla Ali Qari's Asrar

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(af\alu) Al-Kha~b said it is forged.1 Al-Zarkash mentioned it and said it was a saying of al-asan al-Ba|r. 2 It is also narrated from the Prophet inthe wording:

The ink of the ulema was weighed against the blood of the shuhad and outweighed it.

Al-Sakhw said Ibn Abd al-Barr narrated it from Ab al-Dard , from the Prophet , as follows:

On the Day of Resurrection, the ink of the scholars will be weighed against the blood of the shuhadand outweigh it.3

Al-Kha~b in his Trkhnarrated from Nfi, from Ibn UmarC, from the Prophet :

The ink of the ulema was weighed against the blood of the shuhad and outweighed it.

ItschaincontainsMu^ammadibn[al-asanal-Qa~yi]4whowas accused of forgery. However, the meaningis true because the usefulness of the blood of the shahdis confined to him while the usefulness of the scholarspen benefits others and is enduring.5

1As did al-Dhahab (Mzn3:517) and A^mad al-Ghumr but al-Simn narrates it from Ab Hurayra in Adabal-Imlwal-Istiml(p. 162) with a chain of narrators all used by Muslim in his a^^and al-Irq said in his majorTakhrjof theI^y: This ^adth with the chain from al-Numn ibn BashrC [in Ibn al-Jawzs Ilaland Trkh Jurjn] is good and fair(jayyid ^asan) as cited in the Ryadh edition of al-Dhahabs Talkh| al-Ilal al-Mutanhiya (p. 35 n. 1). The chains that arevery weak are those from Ab al-Dard in Ibn Abd al-Barr; Ibn UmarC in al-Kha~bs Trkh Baghdd(2:193), Ibnal-Jawzs Ilal al-Mutanhiya (1:71), Ibn al-Najjrs Trkh, and al-Daylam with various chains, the latter through Abd al-Azz ibn Ab Rawwd from Nfi [Ibn ibbn said in al-Majr^n(2:136): Abd al-Azz] narrates undoubted forgeries fromNfi]; and Abd Allh ibn AmrC in Ibn al-Jawz. The ^adth is also narrated from Imrn ibn u|ayn by Ab al-Abbs al-Marhab in Fa\l al-Ilm, Anas by al-Shrz, and Ibn Abbs by Ibn al-Najjr cf. al-Suy~ in al-Durr al-Manthrand Kanz al-Umml. As for those that claim that this ^adth contradicts the verse

(4:95) then such objectors are devoid of the ethics of the Ulema and it is normal they should compare themto people that sit still and do not strive in the way of Allh with their wealth and lives. Rather, the Ulema are the fiercest andmost selfless fighters in His path as can be gleaned from Ab Ghuddas book afa^t min abr al-Ulamand Asad al-Kha~bsal-Bu~latu wal-Fid inda al-fiyya.2As narrated by the Ab Yaqb Is^q ibn Ibrhm al-Manjanq al-Baghdd in Riwyat al-Kibr an al-ighrand as stated byal-Sakhw in the Maq|id(p. 377), al-Samhd in Jawhir al-Aqdayn fi Fa\l al-Sharafayn Sharaf al-Ilmi wal-Nasab(p. 40),Mar al-Karm in al-Fawid al-Maw\a (p. 107), al-Shawkn in al-Fawid al-Majma (p. 287), al-Suy~, al-Ajln, al-Fattan, and others.3InJmi Bayn Fa\l al-Ilm(1:150) through the Q\ of Maw|il, Isml ibn Ab Ziyd al-Zakn, whom Ibn ibbn calledan arch-liar(dajjl).4Corrupted to Mu^ammad ibn Jafar in the mss. and corrected from al-Kha~b.5It is fairer to say that the usefulness of both the scholar and the shahdis immense and benefits as many and as long as Allhwills.