[Machine] "The one who gives fatwas to people in all matters that are asked is insane."  

«إِنَّ الَّذِي يُفْتِي النَّاسَ فِي كُلِّ مَا يُسْتَفْتَى لَمَجْنُونٌ»  

[Machine] Only three types of people can issue religious judgements: an Imam (religious leader), a judge, or a person who knows abrogated verses of the Quran from the abrogating ones. The people asked Hudhayfah, "Who is he?" He replied, "Umar ibn Al-Khattab or someone foolish who pretends to be knowledgeable."  

إِنَّمَا يُفْتِي النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَجُلٌ إِمَامٌ أَوْ وَالٍ وَرَجُلٌ يَعْلَمُ نَاسِخَ الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ الْمَنْسُوخِ قَالُوا يَا حُذَيْفَةُ مِنْ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ أَوْ أَحْمَقُ مُتَكَلِّفٌ  

[Machine] Hudhaifah, one of three people, is the one who issues fatwas (religious rulings) regarding the abrogated and abrogating verses of the Qur'an. They asked, "Who is that?" 'Umar ibn al-Khattab replied, "It is a knowledgeable person who understands the abrogated and abrogating verses," and he added, "And a ruler who finds no alternative or foolish person who pretends to be knowledgeable." Then Muhammad ﷺ said, "I am not one of these two, and I hope not to be the third."  

حُذَيْفَةُ إِنَّمَا يُفْتِي النَّاسَ أَحَدُ ثَلَاثَةٍ رَجُلٌ عَلِمَ نَاسِخَ الْقُرْآنِ مِنْ مَنْسُوخِهِ قَالُوا وَمَنْ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ «وَأَمِيرٌ لَا يَجِدُ بُدًّا أَوْ أَحْمَقُ مُتَكَلِّفٌ» ثُمَّ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَلَسْتُ بِوَاحِدٍ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ وَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ الثَّالِثَ  

[Machine] "Whoever among you possesses knowledge, let them spread it, and whoever does not possess knowledge, let them say, 'I do not know, Allah knows best.' Indeed, when a learned person is asked about something they do not know, they will say, 'Allah knows best.' And Allah has said to his Messenger, 'Say, I do not ask you for any reward for this [Quran], nor am I a pretentious person.'" [Surah Al-An'am, 86]  

مَنْ عَلِمَ مِنْكُمْ عِلْمًا فَلْيَقُلْ بِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ فَلْيَقُلْ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ فَإِنَّ الْعَالِمَ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ أَعْلَمُ وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ لِرَسُولِهِ {قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ} [ص 86]  

[Machine] "In his sermon, he said: 'Whoever has knowledge should teach it to the people and himself, and should not speak about something he has no knowledge of, so as not to pass by the religion and be among the pretentious.'"  

فِي خُطْبَتِهِ «مَنْ عَلِمَ عِلْمًا فَلْيُعَلِّمْهُ النَّاسَ وَإِيَّاهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ مَا لَا عِلْمَ لَهُ بِهِ فَيَمْرُقُ مِنَ الدِّينِ وَيَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ»  

[Machine] "May the blessings of Allah be upon him and may He cool their liver when I am asked about what I do not know and do not know what to say, Allah knows best."  

عَلِيٌّ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَا بَرْدَهَا عَلَى الْكَبِدِ إِذَا سُئِلْتُ عَمَّا لَا أَعْلَمُ أَنْ أَقُولَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ  

It is a sign of having knowledge that, when you do not know something, you say: 'Allah knows better.' Allah said to his Prophet: 'Say: No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I one of the pretenders (a person who pretends things which do not exist)' (38.86) When the Quraish troubled and stood against the Prophet ﷺ he said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflicting them with seven years of famine like the seven years of Joseph." So they were stricken with a year of famine during which they ate bones and dead animals because of too much suffering, and one of them would see something like smoke between him and the sky because of hunger. Then they said: Our Lord! Remove the torment from us, really we are believers. (44.12) And then it was said to the Prophet (by Allah), "If we remove it from them. they will revert to their ways (of heathenism)." So the Prophet ﷺ invoked his Lord, who removed the punishment from them, but later they reverted (to heathenism), whereupon Allah punished them on the day of the Battle of Badr, and that is what Allah's Statement indicates: 'Then watch for the day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible...we will indeed (then) exact retribution.' (44.10). (Using translation from Bukhārī 4822)  

أَنْ تَقُولَ لِمَا لَا تَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] "If you are asked about something you do not know, then flee." He said, "But how do we flee, O Commander of the Faithful?" He said, "You say Allah knows best."  

«إِذَا سُئِلْتُمْ عَمَّا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ فَاهْرُبُوا» قَالَ وَكَيْفَ الْهَرَبُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ تَقُولُونَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] Ali placed it on the liver three times. They asked, "What does that mean, O Prince of the Believers?" He said, "It means that a person should not be asked about something they do not know, and they should say, 'Allah knows best.'"  

عَلِيٌّ وَا بَرْدَهَا عَلَى الْكَبِدِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالُوا وَمَا ذَلِكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ أَنْ يُسْأَلَ الرَّجُلُ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] "I have no knowledge of it. So, when the man turned away, Ibn Umar said, 'Yes, that's what Ibn Umar said when he was asked about something he didn't know. He would say, 'I have no knowledge of it.'"  

لَا عِلْمَ لِي بِهَا فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ نِعْمَ مَا قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ سُئِلَ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ لَا عِلْمَ لِي بِهِ  

[Machine] "I do not know half of knowledge."  

«لَا أَدْرِي نِصْفُ الْعِلْمِ»  

[Machine] "No knowledge for me, then the man turned around after the man stopped and said, 'Yes, what Ibn Umar said is true. He asks about what he does not know,' and he said, 'No knowledge for me,' meaning Ibn Umar himself."  

لَا عِلْمَ لِي ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَفَّى الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ نِعْمَ مَا قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يسُألَ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ لَا عِلْمَ لِي يَعْنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ نَفْسَهُ  

[Machine] About something he says, "I don't know." If they respond to him, he says, "I swear to you by Allah, if I had knowledge of it."  

عَنْ شَيْءٍ يَقُولُ لَا أَدْرِي فَإِنْ رُدُّوا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ إِنْي حَلَفْتُ لَكَ بِاللَّهِ إِنْ كَانَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ  

[Machine] I do not mind being asked about what I know or do not know, because when I am asked about what I know, I say what I know, and when I am asked about what I do not know, I say I do not know.  

مَا أُبَالِي سُئِلْتُ عَمَّا أَعْلَمُ أَوْ مَا لَا أَعْلَمُ لِأَنِّي إِذَا سُئِلْتُ عَمَّا أَعْلَمُ قُلْتُ مَا أَعْلَمُ وَإِذَا سُئِلْتُ عَمَّا لَا أَعْلَمُ قُلْتُ لَا أَعْلَمُ  

[Machine] I heard Ibrahim saying, "A cat is neither halal (permissible) nor haram (forbidden). He only used to say, 'They (the companions) used to dislike it while they used to prefer (keeping other animals).'"  

سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يَقُولُ قَطُّ حَلَالٌ وَلَا حَرَامٌ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَقُولُ «كَانُوا يتكْرهونَ وَكَانُوا يَسْتَحِبُّونَ»