Literacy And Illiteracy (Ummi)

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سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Al-Baqara (The Cow)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًۭا ۖ فَوَيْلٌۭ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌۭ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ
So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.
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Sahih Muslim#2395

We are an unlettered people who can neither write nor count. The month is thus, and thus. folding his thumb when he said it the third time.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) reported Allah's Apostle as saying:
Sahih Muslim#4504

Ila amrin yofzi'una instead of Ila amrin na'rifuhu.

Narrated by The same tradition has been narrated through a different chain of transmitters on the authority of A'mash. This version contains the words:
Sahih Muslim#5899

Umm Sulaim, what is this that you are doing? Thereupon she said: That is your sweat which we mix in our perfume and it becomes the most fragrant perfume.

Narrated by Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) used to come to our house and there was perspiration upon his body. My mother brought a bottle and began to pour the sweat in that. When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) got up he said:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#2145

"We are an unlettered Ummah, we do not use astronomical counting or computation. The month is like this, and this, and this," he did three times, showing it as twenty-nine.

Narrated by It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet said:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#2146

he heard Ibn 'Umar narrate that the Prophet said; "We are an unlettered Ummah; we do not use computation. The month is like this, and this, and this," and he held down his thumb the last time. "And th...

Narrated by It was narrated from Saeed bin 'Amr bin Saeed bin Abi Al-As, that:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#3719

"'Umra and Ruqba are the same."

Narrated by Sufyan narrated from Abu Az-Zubair, from Tawus, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said:

Related Tafsir

The Meaning of `Ummi
Surah 2 · Ayahs 78–79
This passage discusses the term 'Ummi', referring to those who are unlettered and lack knowledge of the scriptures. It e...

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