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Sahih al-Bukhari 7089 (Book 92, Hadith 40) #6812
The Consequences of Asking Too Many Questions

SUMMARY: The Prophet (PBUH) warned people against asking too many questions and explained the consequences of doing so.

Narrated Anas: 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," Qatada said: This Hadith used to be mentioned as an explanation of this Verse:-- 'O you who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble'. (5:101)
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ سَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَتَّى أَحْفَوْهُ بِالْمَسْأَلَةِ، فَصَعِدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ تَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ بَيَّنْتُ لَكُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً، فَإِذَا كُلُّ رَجُلٍ رَأْسُهُ فِي ثَوْبِهِ يَبْكِي، فَأَنْشَأَ رَجُلٌ كَانَ إِذَا لاَحَى يُدْعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَبِي فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَبُوكَ حُذَافَةُ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ رَضِينَا بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولاً، نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ سُوءِ الْفِتَنِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ‏"‏ مَا رَأَيْتُ فِي الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ كَالْيَوْمِ قَطُّ، إِنَّهُ صُوِّرَتْ لِي الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهُمَا دُونَ الْحَائِطِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ يُذْكَرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عِنْدَ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ ‏{‏يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ‏}‏
TOPICS
questioning  *  importunately  *  pulpit  *  afflictions  *  paradise  *  hell  *  hudhaifa

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect for elders/authority figures ; Patience ; Faith in God ; Seeking refuge with God ; Not questioning unnecessarily ; Acceptance of faith/religion/prophethood etc..

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of not asking too many questions. It was narrated by Anas ibn Malik that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ once ascended a pulpit and warned people against asking too many questions importunately. He said that if they asked him any question he would explain it to them. Everyone around him was so moved by his words that they started weeping and covering their heads with their garments in sorrow. Then a man who was accused of not being the son of his father asked who his father was and the Prophet ﷺ replied “Your father is Hudhaifa”. Umar then got up and declared his faith in Allah as Lord, Islam as religion and Muhammad ﷺ as Apostle before seeking refuge from affliction from Allah Almighty. The Prophet ﷺ then said he had never seen such good and bad on one day before adding that Paradise and Hell were displayed in front of him till he saw them near a wall which explains verse 5:101 from Quran which says “O you who believe! Ask not questions about things which if made plain to you may cause you trouble” .

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