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4 October 2026 23 Rabi' al-Thani 1448 AH

Mishkat al-Masabih 256

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Hadith 256
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ عَلِمَ شَيْئًا فَلْيَقُلْ بِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُ أعلم فَإِن من الْعلم أَن يَقُول لِمَا لَا تَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِنَبِيِّهِ (قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنا من المتكلفين)

Narrated ‘Abdallah said:

If any of you people knows anything he should
make it known, but if anyone does not know he should say that God
knows best, for saying this when one does not know is a part of knowledge. God said to His prophet, “Say, I do not ask you for any reward
for it, and I am not a pretender.”* (Bukhari and Muslim.)
*Qur’an, xxxviii, 86.
Mishkat al-Masabih 256

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Hadith 255
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: «حَفِظْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وِعَاءَيْنِ فَأَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَبَثَثْتُهُ فِيكُمْ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَلَوْ بَثَثْتُهُ قُطِعَ هَذَا الْبُلْعُومُ يَعْنِي مجْرى الطَّعَام» رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Abu Huraira said, "I have kept in my memory two large quantities*
of learning from God’s messenger, one of which I have disclosed among
you; but were I to disclose the other, this bul'um, meaning the food
tract, would be cut". Bukhari transmitted it.
*Lit. receptacles, or vessels.
Mishkat al-Masabih 255 Open
Hadith 257
وَعَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ: إِنَّ هَذَا الْعِلْمَ دِينٌ فَانْظُرُوا عَمَّنْ تَأْخُذُونَ دِينَكُمْ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ
Ibn Sirin said, “This knowledge is a religion, so consider from whom
you receive your religion.” Muslim transmitted it.
Mishkat al-Masabih 257 Open
Hadith 254
وَعَن الْحسن قَالَ: «الْعِلْمُ عِلْمَانِ فَعِلْمٌ فِي الْقَلْبِ فَذَاكَ الْعلم النافع وَعلم على اللِّسَان فَذَاك حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ» . رَوَاهُ الدَّارمِيّ

Narrated Al-Hasan said that knowledge is of two kinds:

knowledge in the
heart, which is the beneficial type; and knowledge on the tongue, which
is God’s allegation against a human being.” Darimi transmitted it.