سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
مقدمهIntroduction
باب مَنْ هَابَ الْفُتْيَا وَكَرِهَ التَّنَطُّعَ وَالتَّبَدُّعَ:Chapter: Those Who Feared Giving Fatwa and Disliked Excessiveness and Innovation
Hadith 149
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق الْفَزَارِيِّ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: "لَأَنْ أَرُدَّهُ بِعِيِّهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّفَ لَهُ مَا لَا أَعْلَمُ".
Humaid bin Abdur Rahman said that, to refrain from answering due to lack of knowledge about something is more preferable and beloved to me than to make an effort regarding something about which I have no knowledge. (That is, expressing one’s lack of knowledge is better than unnecessary affectation.)
