The reciter: Mu'adh ibn Fadhalah narrated to us, Hisham narrated to us from Qatadah from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
The people started asking the Prophet (ﷺ) too many questions importunately. So one day he ascended the pulpit and said, "You will not ask me any question but I will explain it to you." I looked right and left, and behold, every man was covering his head with his garment and weeping. Then got up a man who, whenever quarreling with somebody, used to be accused of not being the son of his father. He said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Who is my father?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Your father is Hudhaifa." Then `Umar got up and said, "We accept Allah as our Lord, Islam as our religion and Muhammad as our Apostle and we seek refuge with Allah from the evil of afflictions." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, " I have never seen the good and bad like on this day. No doubt, Paradise and Hell was displayed in front of me till I saw them in front of that wall,"
سألوا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم حتى أحفوه بالمسألة فصعد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ذات يوم المنبر فقال : لا تسألوني عن شيء إلا بينت لكم فجعلت أنظر يميناً وشمالاً فإذا كل رجل لاف رأسه في ثوبه يبكي فأنشأ رجل كان إذا لاحى يدعى إلى غير أبيه ، فقال : يا نبي الله من أبي ؟ فقال : أبوك حذافة ، ثم أنشأ عمر فقال : رضينا بالله ربًا وبالإسلام دينًا وبمحمد رسولًا نعوذ بالله من سوء الفتن، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : ما رأيت في الخير والشر كاليوم قط إنه صورت لي الجنة والنار حتى رأيتهما دون الحائط So Qatadah used to mention this hadith in connection with this verse
O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you
يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تسألوا عن أشياء إن تبد لكم تسؤكم
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