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suyuti:339-41bal-Zuhri > Balaghanā
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"عَنِ الزُّهْرِىِّ قَالَ: بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ: إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ أَكَانَ هَذَا؟ فَإِنْ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ قَدْ كَانَ، حَدَّثَ فِيهِ بِالَّذِى يَعْلَمُ وَالّذِى يَرى، وَإنْ قَالُوا: لَمْ يَكُنْ، قَالَ: فَذَرُوهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ".  

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[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.  

الدارمي:١٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَنبَأَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا سُئِلَ

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