Those who held it recommended to be asked, saying: Ask me

Sa'id bin Yazid said that Ikrimah said: "What is the matter with you that you do not ask? Are you not seekers of knowledge?"

Sa'd bin Ibrahim said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "No man has ever asked me a question without my recognising whether he is a man of understanding (faqih) or not."

Ata bin al-Sa'ib said that Sa'id bin Jubayr said: "Is there no one who will ask me?"

Amr said that Urwah said to us: "Come to me and acquire knowledge from me."

Imam al-Zuhri said: Urwah used to win people over to his hadith.

Abdullah bin al-Sa'ib said that Zadhan said: "I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) about certain things concerning which no one has asked me."

Khalid bin Ar'arah said: I went to a spacious open ground and found about thirty or forty men sitting there, so I sat down with them. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came out to us. The narrator said: I did not see him fail to recognise anyone among the people except me. Then he said: "Is there not a man who will ask me, so that he benefits and those sitting with him benefit too?"

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: Among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) there was no one who would say "Ask me" except Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him).