[Machine] I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ in a field in the city and he was leaning against a tree. Some people from the Jewish community passed by and said to each other, "Ask him about the soul." Some of them said, "Don't ask him." So they asked him about the soul and said, "O Muhammad, what is the soul?" He stood up and leaned against the tree and I thought that he was receiving revelation. He said, "And they ask you about the soul. Say, 'The soul is from the command of my Lord, and you have not been given of knowledge except a little.'" (Surah Al-Isra, 17:85) Some of them said, "We already told you not to ask him."
كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي حَرْثٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَهُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ قَالَ فَمَرَّ بِقَوْمٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ سَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَا تَسْأَلُوهُفَسَأَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا الرُّوحُ؟ فَقَامَ فَتَوَكَّأَ عَلَى الْعَسِيبِ قَالَ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا} [الإسراء 85] قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ قُلْنَا لَكُمْ لَا تَسْأَلُوهُ