'Abdullah ibn 'Amr said, "Abu Mas'ud, what did you hear the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say about 'People who
make false claims?" He replied, "I heard him say, 'A bad mount for a man'
and I heard him say, 'Cursing a believer is like killing him.'"
Abu Qilaba reported that 'Abdullah said to Abu Mas'ud - or
Abu Mas'ud said to 'Abdullah, "What did you hear the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, say about '(false) assertion?" He said,
"It is a bad mount for a man."
Ibn 'Abbas said, "None of you should say about a thing which he
does not know, 'Allah knows it' when Allah may know that it is other than
what he said and thus he (tries to) teach Allah what he does not know.
That is something terrible in Allah's sight."
حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ أَرْطَأَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا زُكِّيَ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا يَقُولُونَ، وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لا يَعْلَمُونَ.
'Adi ibn Arta' said, "When one of the Companions of the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was praised, he said in supplication
to Allah), 'Do not take me to task for what they say and forgive me for
what they do not know.'"
