So he -asws said...

So he -asws said: ‘Glory be to the One for Whom [13:13] the thunder declares His Glory with His Praise, and the Angels too for awe of Him ’. So, Abu Baseer said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! The thunder speaks?’ So he ‑asws said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! Ask about what concerns you, and leave what does not concern you’.

[3] In another Hadith, عن ابن مسكان، عمن رواه، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، في قول الله: وَ لَوْ لا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ رَحْمَتُهُ لَاتَّبَعْتُمُ الشَّيْطانَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا. فقال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): «إنك لتسأل عن كلام القدر، و ما هو من ديني و لا دين آبائي، و لا وجدت أحدا من أهل بيتي يقول به».

From Ibn Muskan, from the one who reported it, From Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj : and had it not been for the Grace of Allah upon you and His Mercy, you would have followed the Satan except for a few [4:83] . So Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘You ask about the speech of the Pre-determination, and it is neither from my -asws Religion, nor from the Religion of my -asws forefathers -asws , nor have I found anyone from the People -asws of my -asws Household speaking with it’’.

[4] Introduction: Allah -azwj has Warned us from asking questions related to hidden matters and/or privacy, as one may find it embarrassing to find out the truth. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِنْ تَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ الْقُرْآنُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ {101} O you who believe!

Do not ask about things, if it is declared to you it would offend you; and if you ask about it while the Quran is being Revealed, it would be manifested to you. Allah Pardons from it, and Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing [5:101] علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثني أبي، عن حنان بن سدير، عن أبيه عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام): «أن صفية بنت عبد المطلب مات ابن لها فأقبلت، فقال لها عمر بن الخطاب: غطي قرطك، فإن قرابتك من رسول‏ الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) لا تنفعك شيئا. فقالت له: و هل رأيت لي قرطا، يا بن اللخناء؟!

Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘My father narrated to me from Hanan Bin Sudeyr, from his father, from Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘The sons of Safiyya the daughter of Abdul Muttalib -as died, So Umar Bin Al-Khattab said to her, ‘Cover your earring, for your nearness (kinship) from Rasool-Allah -saww will not benefit you for anything’.

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