Imam Zuhri said that it has reached us that when Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about something, he would ask: "Has this incident occurred?" If the answer was yes, he would narrate a hadith or express his opinion, and if the people's answer was "no," he would say, "Let it be, ask when it occurs."
Hadith Takhrijیہ اثر امام زہری کے بلاغیات میں سے ہے۔ امام دارمی کے علاوہ خطیب بغدادی نے [الفقيه والمتفقه 8/2] میں، ابن عبدالبر نے [جامع بيان العلم 1813] اور ابن بطہ نے [الإبانة 318] میں ذکر کیا ہے۔