Mukhtasar Bukhari

´Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that` while I was walking with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) among the ruins of Madinah and he was walking with a palm stick resting on the ground, the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed by some Jews. One of them said to the others, “Ask him (peace be upon him) about the soul.” Some of them said, “Do not ask, lest he says something that you dislike.” Then some said, “We will certainly ask.” So one of them stood up and said, “O Abul Qasim! What is the soul?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) remained silent. (Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says) I thought to myself that revelation was being sent down upon him. So I stood up. Then, when that state left the Prophet (peace be upon him), he said: “And they ask you (O Prophet) about the soul. Say: The soul is by the command of my Lord, and you have been given but little knowledge.”