Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 764
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: قَالَ عَمْرٌو: عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِشَيْءٍ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ: اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُ ؛ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ، فَيُعَلِّمَ اللَّهَ مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُ، فَذَاكَ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَظِيمٌ.
Translation
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Ibn ‘Abbas said: None of you should say about something he does not know, “Allah knows it,” when Allah knows otherwise, thereby attributing to Allah knowledge of what you do not know. That is grave in Allah’s sight.