[Machine] "Curse be upon those who ask about what was not."  

يَلْعَنُ مَنْ سَأَلَ عَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ  

[Machine] About this matter, was it so? If they say yes, it has happened in it according to the one who knows and the one who sees. And if they say no, he says leave it until it comes to be.  

عَنِ الْأَمْرِ أَكَانَ هَذَا؟ فَإِنْ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَدْ كَانَ حَدَّثَ فِيهِ بِالَّذِي يَعْلَمُ وَالَّذِي يَرَى وَإِنْ قَالُوا لَمْ يَكُنْ قَالَ فَذَرُوهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ  

[Machine] Was this afterwards? They said no, he said let us wait until it becomes (apparent). So when it becomes (apparent), we will share it with you.  

هَلْ كَانَ هَذَا بَعْدُ؟ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ دَعُونَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ فَإِذَا كَانَ تَجَشَّمْنَاهَا لَكُمْ  

[Machine] "The age of the Prophet upon him be peace, on the pulpit saying, 'I am embarrassed by Allah to be asked about something that does not exist, for Allah has made clear what exists.'"  

عُمَرُ رِضْوُانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «أُحَرِّجُ بِاللَّهِ عَلَى رَجُلٍ سَأَلَ عَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ بَيَّنَ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ»  

[Machine] I have never seen a people better than the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They would only ask him about thirteen matters until they were all mentioned in the Quran. Among them were the verses: "{They ask you about the sacred month}" [Al-Baqarah 217] and "{They ask you about menstruation}" [Al-Baqarah 222]. He said, "They would only ask about what would benefit them."  

مَا رَأَيْتُ قَوْمًا كَانُوا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا سَأَلُوهُ إِلَّا عَنْ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ مَسْأَلَةً حَتَّى قُبِضَ كُلُّهُنَّ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنْهُنَّ {يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ} [البقرة 217] وَ {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَحِيضِ} [البقرة 222] قَالَ مَا كَانُوا يَسْأَلُونَ إِلَّا عَمَّا يَنْفَعُهُمْ  

[Machine] To whom I have found from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , most of them preceded before me, and I have not seen a people with a easier lifestyle and less harshness than them.  

لَمَنْ «أَدْرَكْتُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّنْ سَبَقَنِي مِنْهُمْ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ قَوْمًا أَيْسَرَ سِيرَةً وَلَا أَقَلَّ تَشْدِيدًا مِنْهُمْ»  

[Machine] About a woman who died among a people who had no guardian. He said, "I have come to understand a people who did not strengthen your restrictions and did not ask about your affairs."  

عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مَاتَتْ مَعَ قَوْمٍ لَيْسَ لَهَا وَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ «أَدْرَكْتُ أَقْوَامًا مَا كَانُوا يُشَدِّدُونَ تَشْدِيدَكُمْ وَلَا يَسْأَلُونَ مَسَائِلَكُمْ»  

[Machine] What do you do with matters? I said, "If it weren't for matters, knowledge would be lost." He said, "Do not say that knowledge is lost. Indeed, knowledge does not get lost when the Quran is recited, but if you were to say that jurisprudence is lost."  

لِي مَا تَصْنَعُ بِالْمَسَائِلِ؟ قُلْتُ لَوْلَا الْمَسَائِلُ لَذَهَبَ الْعِلْمُ قَالَ «لَا تَقُلْ ذَهَبَ الْعِلْمُ إِنَّهُ لَا يَذْهَبُ الْعِلْمُ مَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ وَلَكِنْ لَوْ قُلْتَ يَذْهَبُ الْفِقْهُ»  

[Machine] O people! We do not know if we may command you with things that are forbidden for you, or prevent you from things that are permissible for you. Indeed, the last verse revealed from the Qur'an was about interest (usury), and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not clarify it for us until he passed away. So, leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.  

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ «إِنَّا لَا نَدْرِي لَعَلَّنَا نَأْمُرُكُمْ بِأَشْيَاءَ لَا تَحِلُّ لَكُمْ وَلَعَلَّنَا نُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَشْيَاءَ هِيَ لَكُمْ حَلَالٌ إِنَّ آخِرَ مَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ آيَةُ الرِّبَا وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يُبَيِّنْهَا لَنَا حَتَّى مَاتَ فَدَعُوا مَا يَرِيبُكُمْ إِلَى مَا لَا يَرِيبُكُمْ»