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سنن دارمي
Darimi
مقدمهIntroduction
باب التَّوَرُّعِ عَنِ الْجَوَابِ فِيمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ كِتَابٌ وَلاَ سُنَّةٌ:Chapter: Caution in Answering Without Clear Evidence from Qur'an or Sunnah
Hadith 115
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلْقَاسِمِ: مَا أَشَدَّ عَلَيَّ أَنْ تُسْأَلَ عَنْ الشَّيْءِ لَا يَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ وَقَدْ كَانَ أَبُوكَ إِمَامًا، قَالَ: "إِنَّ أَشَدَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعِنْدَ مَنِ عَقَلَ عَنْ اللَّهِ أَنْ أُفْتِيَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، أَوْ أَرْوِيَ عَنْ غَيْرِ ثِقَةٍ".
Yahya said: I said to Qasim, "It is very hard for me that someone asks you a question and you express ignorance about it, even though your father was the Imam of the time." He replied, "It is even harder and more severe (a harsher matter) with Allah and with those who have understanding about Allah, that I should give a fatwa without knowledge or narrate something from an unreliable narrator."
Brief Explanation
(Commentary on Hadiths 113 to 115)
From this, it is understood that: they did not consider it shameful to say «لا ادري» or «لا اعلم», that is, "I do not know about this," in response to a question, even though they too were great scholars and jurists of their time. This demonstrates their virtue.
Additionally, the dislike of narrating hadith from an unreliable (ghayr thiqah) narrator is also understood from this.
From this, it is understood that: they did not consider it shameful to say «لا ادري» or «لا اعلم», that is, "I do not know about this," in response to a question, even though they too were great scholars and jurists of their time. This demonstrates their virtue.
Additionally, the dislike of narrating hadith from an unreliable (ghayr thiqah) narrator is also understood from this.
