Sahih al-Bukhari 7456

Hadith text

Narrated `Abdullah:While I was walking with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in one of the fields of Medina and he was walking leaning on a stick, he passed a group of Jews. Some of them said to the others, "Ask him (the Prophet) about the spirit." Others said, "Do not ask him." But they asked him and he stood leaning on the stick and I was standing behind him and I thought that he was being divinely inspired. Then he said, "They ask you concerning the spirit say: The spirit, its knowledge is with My Lord. And of knowledge you (O men!) have been given only a little." ...(17.85) On that some of the Jews said to the others, "Didn't we tell you not to ask?

Abdullah bataate hain: Jab main Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ke saath Madina ke ek khet mein chal raha tha aur wo ek lakdi par tek lagaate hue chal rahe the, wo kuch Yahudiyon ke paas se guzre. Unmein se kuch ne doosron se kaha, 'Unse (Nabi se) Rooh ke baare mein poochho.' Doosron ne kaha, 'Unse mat poochho.' Magar unhone unse pucha, aur wo lakdi par tek lagaaye khade rahe, aur main unke peechhe khada tha, aur maine socha unhein Ilaahi Wahi mil rahi hai. Phir unhone kaha, 'Wo tumse Rooh ke baare mein poochte hain. Kaho: Rooh, iska ilm mere Rab ke paas hai. Aur tumhein (Aye insaano!) ilm mein se sirf thoda sa diya gaya hai.' (17:85) Isper kuch Yahudiyon ne doosron se kaha, 'Kya humne tumhein nahi kaha tha ke mat poochho?'

Sahih al-Bukhari 7456 · Book 97, Hadith 82