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Asking questions that lead to prohibition

ahmad:1520ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ > Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, among the greatest offenders against the Muslims is a man who asked about something and kept probing into it until a prohibition concerning that thing was revealed because of his question."

أحمد:١٥٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًا، رَجُلًا سَأَلَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ وَنَقَّرَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى أُنْزِلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الشَّيْءِ تَحْرِيمٌ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ»

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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:7289ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ > Saʿīd > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ from his father

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The most sinful person among the Muslims is the one who asked about something which had not been prohibited, but was prohibited because of his asking."

البخاري:٧٢٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًا مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ لَمْ يُحَرَّمْ فَحُرِّمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ

abudawud:4610ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd from his father

The Muslim who offends most against the Muslims is he who enquires about something which has not been forbidden to men, and it is declared forbidden because of his enquiry.

أبو داود:٤٦١٠حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًا مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ لَمْ يُحَرَّمْ فَحُرِّمَ عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ مِنْ تَرْكِ التَّكَلُّفِ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ، بِمَا تُنُكِّبَ عَنْهُ وَأُغْضِيَ عَنْ إِبْدَائِهِ

ibnhibban:110Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > Bishr b. Bakr > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿĀmir b. Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ from his father

The Muslim who offends most against the Muslims is he who enquires about something which has not been forbidden to men, and it is declared forbidden because of his enquiry. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4610)

ابن حبّان:١١٠أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَامِرُ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ جُرْمًا مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ لَمْ تُحَرَّمْ فَحُرِّمَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَسْأَلَتِهِ»