Hadith 34

Sahih Bukhari

Book 61: Virtues and Merits of the Prophet (pbuh) and his Companions

Chapter 12

The story of Zamzam and the ignorance of the Arabs

باب قِصَّةِ زَمْزَمَ وَجَهْلِ الْعَرَبِ

Sahih al-Bukhari 3524
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ إِذَا سَرَّكَ أَنْ تَعْلَمَ جَهْلَ الْعَرَبِ فَاقْرَأْ مَا فَوْقَ الثَّلاَثِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فِي سُورَةِ الأَنْعَامِ ‏{‏قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أَوْلاَدَهُمْ سَفَهًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ‏}‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏{‏قَدْ ضَلُّوا وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ‏}‏‏.‏
Ibn `Abbas:

If you wish to know about the ignorance of the Arabs, refer to Surat-al-Anam after Verse No. 130:-- Indeed lost are those who have killed their children From folly without knowledge and have forbidden that which Allah has provided for them, inventing a lie against Allah. They have indeed gone astray and were not guided.' (6.14)
Quran References:
Surah 6:14

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

ibn Abbas

عبد الله بن العباس بن عبد المطلب الحبر

2,209 narrations

follower
2

Sa'id bin Jubayr

سعيد بن جبير الأسدي

503 narrations

follower
3

Ja'far bin Iyas

جعفر بن إياس / بن أبي وحشية

146 narrations

successor
4

Wadah bin 'Abdullah al-Yashkari

وضاح بن عبد الله اليشكري أبو عوانة

409 narrations

successor
5

Muhammad bin al-Fadl 'Aram

محمد بن الفضل السدوسي أبو النعمان عارم

123 narrations