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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1656

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In-book entry
146

Chapter 48

Chapter context: Prohibition of putting oneself to Undue Hardship

- باب النهي عن التكلف وهو فعل وقول ما لا مصلحة فيه بمشقة

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن مسروق قال ‏:‏ دخلنا على عبدالله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه فقال ‏:‏ يا أيها الناس من علم شيئا فليقل به، ومن لم يعلم، فليقل ‏:‏الله أعلم، فإن من العلم أن يقول الرجل لما لا يعلم‏:‏ الله أعلم ‏.‏ قال الله تعالى لنبيه صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏‏{‏قل ما أسألكم عليه من أجر وما أنا من المتكلفين‏}‏‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Masruq (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

We visited 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) and he said to us: O people! He who has the knowledge of any matter may convey it to the others. And he who has no knowledge, thereof, should say: "Allahu a'lam (Allah knows better)." It is a part and parcel of knowledge that a man who has no knowledge of a matter should say: "Allah knows better." Allah said to His Prophet (ﷺ): "Say (O Muhammad (ﷺ)): 'No wage do I ask of you for this (the Qur'an), nor am I one of the Mutakallifun (those who pretend and fabricate things which do not exist)."' (38:86) [Al-Bukhari].

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This is Hadith 1656 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 146 under the chapter “Prohibition of putting oneself to Undue Hardship.”

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