Hadith #2871
Arabic Text
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِلْقَاسِمِ : مَا أَشَدَّ عَلَيّ
َ أَنْ تُسْأَلَ عَنْ الشَّيْءِ لَا يَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ وَقَدْ كَانَ أَبُوكَ إِمَامًا، قَالَ :" إِنَّ أَشَدَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَعِنْدَ مَنِ عَقَلَ عَنْ اللَّهِ أَنْ أُفْتِيَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، أَوْ أَرْوِيَ عَنْ غَيْرِ ثِقَةٍ "
Isnad Chain
English Translation
It was narrated from Yahya (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to al-Qasim: 'It is difficult for me that you are asked about something you do not know, when your father was an imam.' Al-Qasim said: 'What is more difficult than that in the sight of Allah and in the eyes of those who understand what pleases Allah is for a scholar to speak without knowledge. My father — by Allah — never said anything unless he had a text for it from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ.'
Quran References
Reference: Sunan al-Darimi, Book 1, Hadith 2871
Sunnah.com ref: darimi 2871
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-63377