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From Mull Al al-Qrs Al-Asrr al-Marfa (Reference-Book on Forgeries) Translation and Notes by GF Haddad - Shabn 1427 ___________________________________________________________

The Ink of the ulema is dearer (af\alu) than the blood of the shuhad. Al-Kha~b said it is forged.1 AlZarkash mentioned it and said it was a saying of al-asan al-Ba|r.2 It is also narrated from the Prophet in the 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 shuhad and outweigh it. 3
Al-Kha~b in his Trkh narrated from Nfi, from Ibn Umar C, from the Prophet :

The ink of the ulema was weighed against the blood of the shuhad and outweighed it.
Its chain contains Mu^ammad ibn [al-asan al-Qa~yi]4 who was accused of forgery. However, the meaning is true because the usefulness of the blood of the shahd is confined to him while the usefulness of the scholars pen benefits others and is enduring.5

As did al-Dhahab (Mzn 3:517) and A^mad al-Ghumr but al-Simn narrates it [1] from Ab Hurayra in Adab al-Iml wal-Istiml (p. 162) with a chain of narrators all used by Muslim in his a^^ and al-Irq said in his major Takhrj of the I^y: This ^adth with the chain [2] from al-Numn ibn Bashr C [in Ibn al-Jawzs Ilal and 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 are very weak are those [3] from Ab al-Dard in Ibn Abd al-Barr; [4] Ibn Umar C in al-Kha~bs Trkh Baghdd (2:193), Ibn al-Jawzs Ilal al-Mutanhiya (1:71), Ibn al-Najjrs Trkh, and al-Daylam with various chains, the latter through Abd alAzz ibn Ab Rawwd from Nfi [Ibn ibbn said in al-Majr^n (2:136): Abd al-Azz] narrates undoubted forgeries from
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Nfi]; and [5] Abd Allh ibn Amr C in Ibn al-Jawz. The ^adth is also narrated [6] from Imrn ibn u|ayn by Ab alAbbs al-Marhab in Fa\l al-Ilm, [7] Anas by al-Shrz, and [8] Ibn Abbs by Ibn al-Najjr cf. al-Suy~ in al-Durr alManthr and Kanz al-Umml. As for those that claim that this ^adth contradicts the verse Those of the believers who sit still, other than those who have a (disabling) hurt, are not on an equality with those who strive in the way of Allh with their wealth and lives (4:95) then such objectors are devoid of the ethics of the Ulema and it is normal they should compare them to people that sit still and do not strive in the way of Allh with their wealth and lives. Rather, the Ulema are the fiercest and most selfless fighters in His path as can be gleaned from Ab Ghuddas book afa^t min abr al-Ulam and Asad al-Kha~bs al-Bu~latu wal-Fid inda al-fiyya. 2 As narrated by the Ab Yaqb Is^q ibn Ibrhm al-Manjanq al-Baghdd in Riwyat al-Kibr an al-ighr and as stated by al-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, alFattan, and others. 3 In Jmi Bayn Fa\l al-Ilm (1:150) through the Q\ of Maw|il, Isml ibn Ab Ziyd al-Zakn, whom Ibn ibbn called an arch-liar (dajjl). 4 Corrupted to Mu^ammad ibn Jafar in the mss. and corrected from al-Kha~b. 5 It is fairer to say that the usefulness of both the scholar and the shahd is immense and benefits as many and as long as Allh wills.

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