Hadith 7297

What is disliked of asking too many questions and of troubling oneself with what does not concern one.

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Darussalam · Volume 9

96 - THE BOOK OF HOLDING FAST TOTHE QUR'AN AND THE SUNNA(legal ways of the Prophet ﷺ).

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الحديث: 7297 ¦ الجزء: 9 ¦ الصفحة: 96

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English translation

7297. Narrated Ibn Mas'ūd رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: I was with the Prophet ﷺ at one of the farms of Al-Madīna while he was leaning on a date-palm leafstalk. He passed by a group of Jews and some of them said to the other, "Ask him (the Prophet ﷺ) about the spirit." Some others said, "Do not ask him, lest he should tell you what you dislike." But they went up to him and said, "O Abūl-Qāsim! Inform us about Ar-Rūḥ (the spirit)." The Prophet ﷺ stood up for a while, waiting. I realized that he was being inspired Divinely, so I kept away from him till the Inspiration was over. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "(And they ask you (O Muhammad ﷺ) concerning the Rūh (the spirit). Say: 'The Rūh ; it is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord (Allah)...'" (V.17:85) (This is a miracle of the Qur'an that all the scientists up till now do not know about Ar-Rūh (the spirit), i.e., how life comes to a body and how it goes away at its death). (See Hadīth No. 125 and 4721)

Arabic text

7297 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَرْثٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَهُوَ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ، فَمَرَّ بِنَفَرٍ مِنَ اليَهُودِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: سَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ؟ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: لاَ تَسْأَلُوهُ، لاَ يُسْمِعُكُمْ مَا تَكْرَهُونَ، فَقَامُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا القَاسِمِ حَدِّثْنَا عَنِ الرُّوحِ، فَقَامَ سَاعَةً يَنْظُرُ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ، فَتَأَخَّرْتُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى صَعِدَ الوَحْيُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي} [الإسراء: 85] "

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