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13 Jumada I 1448 AH

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Majma al-Zawaid 847 — Analogy and blind following

وَعَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ : قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ : إِيَّاكُمْ وَأَرَأَيْتَ وَأَرَأَيْتَ ; فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِأَرَأَيْتَ وَأَرَأَيْتَ ، وَلَا تَقِيسُوا شَيْئًا بِشَيْءٍ ; فَتَزِلُّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا ، فَإِذَا سُئِلَ أَحَدُكُمْ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُ فَلْيَقُلْ : لَا أَعْلَمُ ; فَإِنَّهُ ثُلْثُ الْعِلْمِ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ . وَالشَّعْبِيُّ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، وَفِيهِ جَابِرُ الْجُعْفِيُّ ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ .
Imam al-Sha'bi narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Beware of saying: What is your view? What is your view? For those before you were destroyed by saying: What is your view? What is your view? And do not compare one thing to another by analogy, for feet will slip after being firm. When someone is asked about something of which he has no knowledge, he should say: I do not know, for this (saying: I do not know) is one third of knowledge.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Imam al-Sha'bi did not hear from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and its chain contains a narrator, Jabir al-Ju'fi, who is da'if (weak).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب العلم / 847
Hadith Grading محدثین: إسنادہ ضعیف، الشعبي کا ابن مسعود سے سماع نہ ہونے

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