What is the meaning of: {And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge}?
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Question:
The questioner, Umm Maryam, says: I would like the Shaykh, may Allah have mercy on him, to explain this verse: [Al-Isra: 36]?
Answer:
In its apparent meaning: that Allah forbids a person from speaking about what he does not know.[Al-Isra 17:36] He says: "I heard such and such," when he did not hear it. [Al-Isra: 36] A person is accountable for his hearing, his heart, and his sight. Therefore, it is obligatory for him not to say, "I heard such and such," except with certainty, not to say, "I saw such and such," except with certainty, and not to report or believe in his heart anything except with certainty. He must be accountable.
Therefore, it is obligatory for a person to verify and to be careful so that he does not speak except with knowledge, does not act except with knowledge, and does not believe except with knowledge. For this reason, He said—(Exalted and Majestic is He)—: [Al-Isra: 36] A person should verify in matters. And Allah says—(Exalted and Majestic is He)—: [Al-A'raf: 33] He made speaking about Allah without knowledge above all these things.
Therefore, it is obligatory for a person to learn so that he speaks with knowledge, to be discerning so that he does not say, "I heard," does not say, "I saw," and does not say such and such except with certainty and knowledge—yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you, may the Shaykh be respected.
The questioner, Umm Maryam, says: I would like the Shaykh, may Allah have mercy on him, to explain this verse:
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.
وَلا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًاAnswer:
In its apparent meaning: that Allah forbids a person from speaking about what he does not know.
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge
ولا تقف ما ليس لك به علمIndeed, the hearing
إن السمعthe sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.
وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًاTherefore, it is obligatory for a person to verify and to be careful so that he does not speak except with knowledge, does not act except with knowledge, and does not believe except with knowledge. For this reason, He said—(Exalted and Majestic is He)—:
Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.
إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًاSay, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin, and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allah that which you do not know."
قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَالإِثْمَ وَالْبَغْيَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَأَنْ تُشْرِكُوا بِاللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ سُلْطَانًا وَأَنْ تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لا تَعْلَمُونَTherefore, it is obligatory for a person to learn so that he speaks with knowledge, to be discerning so that he does not say, "I heard," does not say, "I saw," and does not say such and such except with certainty and knowledge—yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you and bless you, may the Shaykh be respected.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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