الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب الأقوالBook of Sayings
بَابُ لَا يَقُولُ لِشَيْءٍ لا يَعْلَمُهُ: اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُ
Chapter: Do Not Say "Allah Knows" for What You Do Not Know
Hadith 764
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: قَالَ عَمْرٌو: عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِشَيْءٍ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ: اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُ ؛ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ، فَيُعَلِّمَ اللَّهَ مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُ، فَذَاكَ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَظِيمٌ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that he said: None of you should say about something he does not know, "Allah knows it." Allah knows more than that, but then that person includes in Allah's knowledge something the reality of which he himself does not know. This is a very great sin in the sight of Allah.
