Sahih Muslim Book - 47, Hadith - 6799

حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو شُرَيْحٍ ، أَنَّ أَبَا الأَسْوَدِ ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، قَالَ : قَالَتْ لِي عَائِشَةُ : يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو ، مَارٌّ بِنَا إِلَى الْحَجِّ ، فَالْقَهُ فَسَائِلْهُ ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ حَمَلَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِلْمًا كَثِيرًا ، قَالَ : فَلَقِيتُهُ فَسَاءَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ يَذْكُرُهَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. قَالَ عُرْوَةُ : فَكَانَ فِيمَا ذَكَرَ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَنْتَزِعُ الْعِلْمَ مِنَ النَّاسِ انْتِزَاعًا ، وَلَكِنْ يَقْبِضُ الْعُلَمَاءَ فَيَرْفَعُ الْعِلْمَ مَعَهُمْ ، وَيُبْقِي فِي النَّاسِ رُؤُوسًا جُهَّالاً ، يُفْتُونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ، فَيَضِلُّونَ وَيُضِلُّونَ. قَالَ عُرْوَةُ : فَلَمَّا حَدَّثْتُ عَائِشَةَ بِذَلِكَ ، أَعْظَمَتْ ذَلِكَ وَأَنْكَرَتْهُ ، قَالَتْ : أَحَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ : حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ قَابِلٌ قَالَتْ لَهُ : إِنَّ ابْنَ عَمْرٍو قَدْ قَدِمَ ، فَالْقَهُ ، ثُمَّ فَاتِحْهُ حَتَّى تَسْأَلَهُ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ لَكَ فِي الْعِلْمِ ، قَالَ : فَلَقِيتُهُ فَسَاءَلْتُهُ ، فَذَكَرَهُ لِي نَحْوَ مَا حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ ، فِي مَرَّتِهِ الأُولَى. قَالَ عُرْوَةُ : فَلَمَّا أَخْبَرْتُهَا بِذَلِكَ ، قَالَتْ : مَا أَحْسَبُهُ إِلاَّ قَدْ صَدَقَ ، أَرَاهُ لَمْ يَزِدْ فِيهِ شَيْئًا وَلَمْ يَنْقُصْ.

It was narrated that 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair said: "Aishah said to me: 'O son of my sister, I have heard that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr will pass by us en route to Hajj. Go to him and ask him, for he acquired a great deal of knowledge from the Prophet (s.a.w)."' He said: "I met him, and asked him about things that he remembered about the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w)." 'Urwah said: "Among the things that he mentioned was that the Prophet (s.a.w) said: 'Allah will not snatch knowledge away from the people. Rather He will take away the scholars, and knowledge will be taken away with them, and there will be left among the people ignorant leaders who will issue Fatawa to them without _knowledge; they will go astray and lead others astray."' 'Urwah said: "When I narrated that to 'Aishah, she could not believe it and found it strange. She said: 'Did he tell you that he heard the Prophet (s.a.w) say that?"' 'Urwah said: "The following year, she said to me: 'Ibn 'Amr has come; go and meet him and talk to him until you ask him about the Hadith that he told you concerning knowledge.'" He said: "So I met him and asked him, and he told it to me as he had told me the first time." 'Urwah said: "When I told her that, she said: 'I do not think but he has told the truth. I think that he has neither added anything nor taken anything away.'"