Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara 1, narration 40

Shaykh Muḥammad Āṣif al-Muḥsinī · Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge and Ruling based on Opinion

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Arabic text

[4/38] الكافي: محمد بن إسماعيل، عن الفضل بن شاذان، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن ربعي بن عبدالله، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال: للعالم إذا سئل عن شئ وهو لا يعلمه أن يقول: الله أعلم، وليس لغير العالم أن يقول ذلك

Translation

4. [4/38] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Ismail from al-Fadhl b. Shadhan from Hammad b. Isa from Rib’i b. Abdallah from Muhammad b. Muslim from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: it is for the scholar – if he is asked something of which he does not know – to say: “Allāh is more knowing” and it is not for other than the scholar to say that.

Translation: Ammaar Muslim — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 4. [4/38] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Ismail
  2. al-Fadhl b. Shadhan
  3. Hammad b. Isa
  4. Rib’i b. Abdallah
  5. Muhammad b. Muslim
  6. Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said

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