 فشرف بالشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا دادا دا لا وياله من شراف العظيمي لأن لن يكون لن يكون لديه بارياء لدى رليجان إذا كان يساعد أن يتعلم العربية والله يمكنك تفويل أنفسك والديي يمكنك أن يخبريك فأيضاً ونده لا تتعلم this language you're never gonna reach and you're never gonna get to the chance of becoming a real student of knowledge let alone a scholar because the Qur'an that we are reading is in this language the Prophet of his Ummah spoke this language the scholars who explained all of this they did it in the Arabic language makes sense so the language being Arabic now generally speaking two languages cannot fully translate one another how do you think then a rich language like the arabic language for a language that's lower than it weaker than it it's going to be able to fulfill huh the right of translating it it's not going to happen there's always نقص deficiency in the translation because this language Allah chose it from all the languages there's a reason why Allah chose the arabic language you see so now ابن حجر رحمه الله he had the ability to choose of which science he wants to specialize in ان الله تبارك وتعالى place in his heart فحبب الله إليه علم الحديث الله place in his heart the love of علم الحديث and what did he do in the science of حديث الذي أقبل عليه بكلية ابن حجر the love and the passion that he loved had for علم الحديث led to what what did it need to it led to him giving his all to seeking it and i want you to remember this powerful statement i really want you guys to remember this quote anyone who gives knowledge his all knowledge will give you something in return and anyone who gives knowledge some it doesn't give you anything back in return in order to get something from knowledge you have to give it all of yourself your time your money your energy your efforts your everything then it would the knowledge will then have mercy to you and it would just give you something in return you see and that's what happened ابن حجر عليه رحمة الله what did he do عليه بكلية he faced knowledge with all of his heart and so what did he do then واخذى يتلمّذ he went and what did he do he started to become the student and to read on the great scholars of his time of حديث from them from those people and these are we're talking about these are the in a very short time not long very short time very short time he went around Egypt and other places and he met now this is after he found the love in his heart my brothers and sisters you have to realize once you find in your heart that you have love and a passion for something a good dream is half the bottle you've already got half of the bottle sorted you just now need to go out of your way and to accomplish it and to go out and find it if you just stay at that point where you just dream and you just think about it and you dwell over it you're not going to get nowhere the حجر didn't do that he realized that this is what he loves he saw the passion and the love for علم الحديث so what did he do you with me he gave it all to it and a very short period of time he went out to the nobu elit scholars of his time and from those scholars وعلى رأسه him the head of them is الحافظ زينو دين أبو الفضل عبد الرحيم ابن الحسين العراقي the author of الفية الفية العراقي زينو دين العراقي who died a year 806 how long did he stay with him two days three days four days five days how long do you think he stayed with him a month or two and come back لا الذي لازمه وعشر سنوات he was with him for 10 years he was in a company of زينو دين العراقي for 10 years إلا أن توفى رحمة الله and he stayed with him until زينو دين العراقي died are you with me فانتفع بملازمه كثيرا and he truly benefited from the companionship and been very close with زينو دين العراقي he really benefited from a lot from the scholars that he took from from the scholars he took from is that's the correct way of saying his name and it is not as many people say فتح القاف place a Sarajuddin Al-Bulkaini who is the teacher of and he's from the people من من أخذ عنهم أيضا it's from the people in which he took from and rather إبلا حجر when he says قال الشيخ و الإسلام he refers he means سراج الدين بالقيني that's who he means when إبلا حجر in فتح الباري says قال الشيخ و الإسلام he's referring to and he means who his teacher صراج الدين البلقيني from the scholars that he took from is who إبن ملقن إبن ملقن which when we studied عمدة الحكام we were bringing his statements because he has a book called إلي علام بفوائد عمدة الحكام صح إبن ملقن صعد صح إلي علام بفوائد عمدة الحكام we were bringing his statements and things that he said so this is from the شيخ of إبن حجر راذق إبن ملقن هذا شرح صح البقاري التوضيح والإضاح في شرح صح البقاري he explains صح البقاري إبن ملقن from his teacher is برهان الدين الأنباسي from his teacher is برهان الدين الأنباسي in which he took knowledge from and he learned from he also took from نور الدين الهيثمي إبن حجر he did not stop he carried on ويأخذوا عنهم and taken from them مسموعاتهم taking from them the narrations and that ها إجازات في عدد من البلدان different cities and towns he went to حرامين مكان مدينة he went to اسكندرية he went to بيت المقدس he went to خليل he went to نابلس he went to بلاد اليمن other than that he traveled إبن حجر to the extent his scholars they passed حتى كثر شيوخ his scholars they became far and رائع كثرة لا توصف a number that cannot be described and no one is able to restrict and narrow down who he had from no one can give you a particular amount of number due to it's a successive number until إبن حجر became what my brothers he became فريد زمانه he became the only man who stood out from the rest of all the people وحامل يوليواء السنة في أوانه and he became the one that was carrying the banner of the سنة of this time and he became the دهبي of his time in the إمام الدهبي of his time he became عدة المحققين he became the backbone of the scholars of تحقيق and he became وخاتمة الحفاظ المبرزيلة فرحمة الله هي رحمة الواسعة وهي was one of the last حفاظ of this أمه some scholars they said there was no one after he was a حافظ may Allah have mercy upon إبن حجر so now we've spoken about the third point we spoke about what we spoke about his the first point which was his name his lineage his nickname and his kunية we also spoke about his birth and where he was born we also spoke we also spoke about his upbringing and he is seeking of knowledge we're now going to speak about his status of knowledge and the way that the scholars praised him اتفقد كلمة العلماء من شيوخ الحافظ بن حجر ومعصريه the scholars all of them it became a tifaq unanimous agreement consents from the teachers of بن حجر and his contemporaries his peers and even those who came after him from the great noble scholars من أيمة الكبار they all agreed على الثنائي على الحافظ to praise him not only that they all agreed to describe him to be a person whose memory is a hundred percent and that his knowledge the same that his knowledge is the same now i want you guys to take this on board and to understand this and the caliber of this and the severity of it how serious it is when you get praised by your students or you get praised by your colleagues and your peers and when you get praised by your teacher are they all the same no no when your students praise you is their ignorance of the knowledge that's out there may make them think that you're there so that doesn't have much weight when your peers praise you they have a it's a bit it's now up now because they're leveled with you they were acknowledged that you're just in front of them that's good but it's even greater is the teachers and the people who taught you if they stick a thing at you and say wow if they hit a hand on another hand and say عجيب this person's an amazing person this is great بن حجر got three groups of people who said this about him all parties have agreed on him his students his peers and his teachers so because the praise that are out there regarding him my brothers i can't i can't because i'll give you how large it is in quantity if you go to the book that i mentioned before which is الجواهر والدرار في ترجمة الشيخ of حافة من حجر if you look at there's a whole chapter he made a whole chapter سقاوي to bring all the scholars that praised him all of the scholars he made a whole chapter there's how many pages it is it starts from page 263 to page 230 300 sorry from 263 to page 335 all of that is what what the scholar said about him so i can't go through all those pages i've watched each scholar said about him so how will i well i'm going to do is i'm going to bring one of his teachers i'm also going to bring one of his peers and i'm also going to be one of his students and i'll leave it there that's that's the three levels of people and all of those three levels of people that i bring are going to be all حفاظ themselves they're حفاظ and this is what has is the reality even سقاوي after bringing from page 263 to page 335 all of that praise he says the following about him he says as for the praises of the scholars on him to restrict an amount to the scholars who praised him is impossible it's undoable and سقاوي then says وهو في مجموعه كلمة اجمع راذا in summary it is a consense amongst them and they all agree this is not something there's any proof and evidence needs to be brought so اجمع but then he went on to say اثبتوا محظرني مذالك الان على حسب الامكان and i'm only going to bring and mention from what page page 263 to page 335 i'm only going to bring that which comes to my mind اجيب so as i said i'm only going to bring those three levels his own شيخ he's and also he's student who's his شيخ that praised him his name is زين الدين العراقي زين الدين العراقي زين الدين العراقي is صحبه الفية he's the author of الفية the thousand lines of حديث he wrote it that students memorize you see إمام العراقي this is what he said about his old students now when this comes from a teacher who he himself when he says this about his student then you know the value and the status or the statement when it really holds this is what he said about him he didn't say oh he's good he's been with us for a little bit and we know him and he knows us and الحمد لله is upon خير that's not the type of praise that he put towards him look what he said about him he said الشيخ العالم he said he's a sheikh and he's a squalah والكامل الفاضل they're complete and the virtuous الإمام المحدث he's an imam and he's a محدث المفيد المجيد بانفشو one الحافظ المتقن again he wrote it he said a حافظ حافظ means what a person who's reached a high caliber of حديث he memorized the number of حديث he knows and the ones he doesn't know the one he knows is more حافظ متقن means what متقن means when a person solidify something like it's become solid in his اضابد الثقة المأمون we're liable person his integrity is up there so this statement of الإمام العراق when it goes on to saying هو موز that obligated narrations from that which is not obligated he has combined between you know and he knows the difference between the reliable narrators and from the weak narrators you see he in a very short time in his life he has reached a position where he treaded on the part of the scholars of حديث this is تسكيع من العالم this is a praise for my scholar and I am حقاً to a student of his that's very powerful and then you have his Pia تقيدي المحمد ابن محمد who's known very well known as المعروف ابن فهد الهاشمي المكي and ابن فهد الهاشمي المكي he placed a veil on the تتكيرة الحفاظ by إمامه الذهبي إمام ذهبي has a تتكيرة الحفاظ he added additional narrators on there in which الإمامه ابن حجر did not say and he said about ابن حجر because ابن حجر is after who and ابن ذهبي right so then this kitab requires the people the حفاظ that came after they need to be added to the تتكيرة الحفاظ right the حفاظ صح so he did it and he added his Pia تويت انسل الإمام العلم الحافظ فريد الوقتي مفخر الزمان بقية الحفاظ عالم الأئمة العالم عمدة المحققين خاتمة الحفاظ المبريزين والقضاق المشهورين he's an Imam he's an علام he's a حافظ he's unique at his time he was unique he was the owner of his time he's the remaining of the حفاظ he's the backbone of the محققين and he was a qazi he was a very well-known qazi he was a judge also he got the same praise from his student which is the third which is برهان الدين البقاعي he's student برهان الدين البقاعي رحمه الله البقاعي رحمه الله he's a sheikh of islam وطراز الانام عالم الأئمة العالم حافظ العسل والاستاذي الدهر سلطان العلماء وملك الفقهة الذي إذا سرك بحر التفسير كان الترجمان he's a sheikh of islam he's a tyraz of pain علام الأئمة العالم he's an علام he's a star of the oswalis he's the half of his time he's the king of the فقهة إذا سلك مسلك إذا سلك بحر التفسير if he trends on the path of تفسير he was a ترجمان he was an interpreter او ركب المتن الحديث يعني فى when on the boat of speaking about علم الى الحديث and it's matter and it's wordings he was the imam Ahmad of his time كان أحمد الزمان he brought out hidden matters very deep detailed matters that even أبو حاتب الابن الحبان did not proceed him in it if he speaks وإن تكلم في الفقه فى speaks about فقه أنه أصول الفقه علم أنه شافعي you know you think this is an imam shafa speaking أو تيما مكلام العرب and if he brings forward the arabic the arabes and they're saying and their poetry and you know the definition of word then you would and the differences of it then you think this is سيبوه المبرد وإن عرض العروضة أو الأدب if he goes to علم العروضة قوافي which is the studies of poetry or arabic literature then you think to yourself this is خليل بحمد الفراهيدي you think this person you're talking about is الخليل بحمد الفراهيدي and whenever the scholars of different fields he speaks about their field you think to yourself he's the one who's هذه هي إخوانية حقاً هل تأتي معي this is not praises which are little that he got عليها بحمد الله ونذلك really what summarizes is the line of poetry that was said about him the poet he said it is impossible for time to bring the likes of him again for verily the time is stingy to give us the likes of him again and also another poet he said عقاً نساء the women are unable to give birth the word عكيم in what does it mean in english the woman who can't give children she's called barrett marred marred نعم عقاً نساء the women have become barrett فيما يردن شبيهه أن يجب أن يفعل أطفال أطفال إبن حجر إن النساء يصبح مثل اطفال عكيمو الفقر أطفال عكيمو يطلقون هذا في ديفارتهم عكيم هل تفعيل؟ هذا يقوم بإرحاء الوضعين التي كانت تتعظيمه من أخيين فالأطفال يكتبون حقيقة من الذي كان هذا هو حقيقة الإبن حجر رحمه الله تعالى و now I've mentioned my brothers, I don't want you to think to yourselves that that is just what we said about him for that is only what? هذا شيء قليل that's very literal I said من ما قيل فيه من الثناء that which has been said about him and that which I have not mentioned وما لم أذكره that which I haven't mentioned كثير جدا is excessive and the reason why we didn't mention it is what? تركته خشية ليطالة you're only running away to go long and but I think the whole the message has reached home and of course if you want to see more into it then of course you can go to the كتاب الجواهر والدورر في ترجمة الشيء الإسلام إبراحجر باية سخاوي we're now going to move on to the last point of إبراحجر his biography the last point which is مصنفته his books the books that he wrote we all spoke about and I didn't mention in the beginning and just now we were speaking about نشاط الحفظ المحجر إمام المحجر's efforts he's knowledge-based نشاطه العلمية he's knowledge-based efforts رحمه الله تعالى especially the year we were speaking about is the year 796 was the year in which الله تعالى placed in his heart the love of Hadith right حيث حبب الله تبارك بالتعالى له علم الحديث and as I said before فتجه إليه بكليته اتجاه قوية he went towards that direction of Hadith with his whole heart ودخلوا في السلم كافة he entered into Islam whole heartedly right he entered into the science of Hadith whole heartedly not one foot in or one foot out he gave everything وقبال عليه إقبالاً كلياً and he faced it with his whole face and his whole body رحمه الله تعالى and my brothers you know what's amazing وعمل هو آل ذاكة and his age at that time was what 23 years of age 23 years of age رحمه الله تعالى from that time from that time إلا قبيل وفاتين just before he's dying he served وهاب النفسه he basically took his life and he gifted it to the sunnah and the working of the sunnah that's what he did he actually gifted his nafs to working for this religion you see how تدريثه by teaching he had classes where he would teach وتصنيفاً and writing and guess what Allah did for him سبحانه وتعالى فبارك الله and he was blessed for his time حتى ألف المؤلفات الكثيرة until he wrote books that were beneficial رحمه الله from those books there are those which are ضخم big books that he wrote which are في مجلدات volumes after volumes and there are those which are ومنها ما يقع في مجلد أو قل من ذلك and it becomes hard with all honesty حصروا جميعها for us to come and to restrict and to give an amount of the books that he has is very hard so schoolers that spoke about his books and that which he wrote like سخاوين's كتاب الضوء الأميئ he says that his book it goes above 150 it's got more than 150 books إنها تزيدو على مئة وخمسين مصنفن it goes above 150 books and one of the things that سخاوين ترميت فيه يتكلم عنه that is that he used to say أحضر يستخدم about himself and this is والله my brothers سخاوين يقول this that he saw it and he would hear it he saw he said he said some of his works his books that he wrote and he authored on his hand he said some of them I stood over them and at the cover of them the cover of them he wrote on it والله this is his humility and his خمبنس واتفروا ذلك and the majority of things that are in this book of mine مما لا يساوي نسخة لغيره it is not even equal to a version of the works that they خيل that's out there and at other times he would say he would say I heard this from him that he would say I am not pleased عن شيء من تصاني فيه I am not pleased with any works of that which I read I'm not pleased with it are you with me? why? he says the reason is because I wrote this in the beginning of my affairs I did this in the beginning of my affairs ثم لم يتهيأ لي من يحررها معي and he said I never got anyone who would sit and who would clarify sit with me and we can get things and change things when you write a book or you write something what you would need sometimes is to bring a second copy and then a third copy طبعة الأولى طبعة الثانية طبعة الثالثة طبعة الرابعة why? as Ibn Qutayba said is that the person and he writes he writes something today and tomorrow he sees that why did he write that and he wants to take it off and sometimes he thinks oh why did I write it in this order and why and why and why does that make sense except he said like it the only books that he was pleased with is his شرح of بخاري ومقدمةه and the introduction that he wrote he's not that he was pleased with it necessarily and that's not what he said but what was said was that he tried his heart and he put his effort in making sure that he he didn't حرير and his كتاب تهديب تهديب تهديب and his كتاب لسان الميزان even his كتاب نخبط الفكرة he praised his كتاب التغليق that he wrote he was happy with it because he didn't حرير of it you see as for the other works of his he said very weak to take as as to take with you take as a provision is very weak he said ضعيفة القوة the strength of it is weak إمام السخابة رحمه الله he kind of mentions that in his other book that his books are more than that his books are more than 270 and his كتاب تهديب تذكرة الحفاظ which we spoke about before which is the day of تذكرة الحفاظ بايمام الحافظ الحجر when he was speaking about the مؤلفات of حافظ الحجر he said the following about it he said he authored the books which are beneficial great and noble that are a proof for his virtue and that shows how distinct and unique he was in his benefits and I'm going to finally conclude by saying to your brothers before I mention his وفات he's dying إذا حافظه من حجر رحمه الله from his works that are out there except the book except the book except that book which is one of the greatest books of his and the most famous of those that would be enough for him that would be enough for him to prove his knowledge that books brothers it has in it you look at benefits you find in that book of his is full of knowledge knowledge that was done with تحقيق he said knowledge that was solidified with sources referenced they back to you go to it you get from it what application are you looking for literature and Arabic here it is rather لم يؤل في الإسلام ولم يؤل في الإسلام it was not authored in Islam شرحون an explanation على مصنفن on a book على مصنفن on a book in the science of hadith like it there isn't see how many restrictions we put there said no book written in Islam explaining a book of hadith في علم الحديث like it rather than when he was requested to explain Sahih Al-Bukhari they came up to him they said to him they came up to him and they said why don't you write why don't you write an explanation of Sahih Al-Bukhari why don't you have your own version and he looked and he said there is no Hijra there is no Hijra after Fatah Al-Bari that is a hadith of the prophet by the way which the prophet said there is no Hijra after the conquest of Mecca so the Fatah that the prophet used was referring to what the conquest of Mecca but he used it as what there is no Hijra after Fatah Al-Bari no we are not going to do Hijra from it there is no reason for us to migrate from half of this explanation so we don't need it so wallahi brothers if this book alone was the only book he wrote then we will say لكافاه فخرا وشرفا this is enough for him to boast and this is enough for him to honor last but not least my brothers توفي الحافظ من حجر أمام الحافظ من حجر he died on the 18th from the great month of at the year 852 800 and and the reason why he died was because of an illness عقب مرضن ألم به في شهر دلقعدة قبله the month before was what the month of a illness that fell on to him that he suffered from or a month that was continuous on him for a month he died from that and his age was 80 years of age he reached 80 years of age he spent those 80 years of his life my brothers and those years of his life on what he spent his a life رحمه الله in judging in authoring and his جنازة his funeral the rulers participated the judges they came the general mass came وقد دفنا بالقاهرة and he was buried in Cairo and he was prayed on وصل لي عليه صلاة الغائب صلاة الغائب was prayed on him اذا مسلم they were praying صلاة الغائب on him رحمه الله رحمه الله ويصطق سبحانك اللهم بحمدك اشهد ان لا اله الا الله استغفرك واتوب اليه