"I do not know of any action upon the face of the earth better than seeking the hadeeth for whosoever desires the Face of Allaah by it."
Bishr Ibnul-Haarith - رحمه الله said:
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"I do not know of any action upon the face of the earth better than seeking knowledge and hadeeth for whosoever fears Allaah and has a good intention behind it. And as for me, then I seek repentance with Allaah in every step that I take in it."
Wakee' Ibnul-Jarraah (d.197H) - رحمه الله said:
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"Allaah has not been worshipped with anything better than the hadeeth."
Sufyaan ath-Thawree (d.167H) - رحمه الله said:
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"I do not know of anything better than it - meaning the hadeeth - for the one who desires Allaah by it."
'Abdullaah Ibnul-Mubaarak (d.181H) - رحمه الله said:
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"I do not know of anything better than seeking hadeeth for the one who desires Allaah."
al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee (d.463H) - رحمه الله said in Sharaf Ashaabul-Hadeeth (p. 115):
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"And we believe with a belief in which no doubt enters, that the seeker of hadeeth is rewarded for his search."
إبراهيم البخاري Ibrahim Bukhari _____________________________ Ibn Sharefah Abdul-Qawiyy al-Michiganee