Hadith 36

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 2: Knowledge

Chapter 1

- Section 1

باب - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 239
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد وَابْن مَاجَه
" الْعِلْمُ ثَلَاثَةٌ: آيَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ أَوْ سُنَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌ أَوْ فَرِيضَةٌ عَادِلَةٌ وَمَا كَانَ سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ فضل "
‘Abdallah b. ‘Amr reported God's messenger as saying, “Knowledge has three categories:

a precise verse, or an established sunna, or a firm obligatory duty. Anything else is an extra.” Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.