In the Name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
I’ve been slacking off on this blog recently, but insha’Allah an update is coming tomorrow. In the meantime, here are a few ahadith to remind ourselves of the danger of speaking from ignorance:
“Whoever is given a legal opinion without knowledge, his sin is but upon the person who gave him the legal opinion.” [Abu Dawud]
“A man who judges for people while ignorant, he shall go to hell.” [Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and others]
Narrated from Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah: “We went on a journey, and a stone struck one of us and opened a gash in his head. When he later had a wet-dream in his sleep, he then asked his companions, “Do you find any dispensation for me to perform dry ablution? [Meaning instead of a full purificatory bath.] They told him, “We don’t find any dispensation for you if you can use water.”
So he performed the purificatory bath, his wound opened, and he died. When we came back to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), he was told of this and he said, “They have killed him, May Allah kill them. Why did they not ask? -for they didn’t know; the only cure for someone who does not know what to say is to ask…” ” [Abu Dawud]
