Is “My Lord educated me and perfected my education” an established hadith?
2026-10-14
T159 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Original Q&A · Complete individual question and response within a collected question
One complete individual question and response from a collected question about reports circulated by storytellers and others. The quoted report in the question is presented for assessment, not endorsed. The answer gives Ibn Taymiyyah's own assessment.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
منها ما يروون أنه قال: "أدبني ربي فأحسن تأديبي".
الجواب
الحمد لله، المعني صحيح. لكن لا يعرف له إسناد ثابت.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
Among the reports they circulate is that he said: “My Lord educated me and perfected my education.”
Answer
Praise be to Allah. The meaning is sound, but no established chain of transmission is known for it.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 18/375
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic collated with the cited edition and a second transcription: https://quranislam.github.io/fatwa/ibn-taymiyyah/fatwa291.html. Each individual report and its full reply is preserved within the larger collected question. Diacritics omitted and honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.