Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Virtue of Knowledge Chapter: Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge. 8ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ عَنْ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ الله خَصَّ عِبَادَهُ بِ‏آيَتَيْنِ ٠ِنْ كِتَابِهِ أَنْ لا يَقُولُوا حَتَّى يَعْلَ٠ُوا وَلا يَرُدُّوا ٠ُوا وَقَالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَ لَ٠ْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِ٠ِيثاقُ الْكِتابِ أَنْ لا يَقُولُوا عَلَى الله إِلا الْحَقَّ وَقَالَ بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِ٠ْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْ٠Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Yunus (ibn ’Abd al-Rahman) from abu Ya’qub Ishaq ibn ‘Abdallah from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.

“Allah has addressed His servants in two verses of the holy Quran very particularly: Did they not make a covenant (with God) in the Book not to speak any thing other than the Truth about God and to study its contents well?

They call a lie something that is beyond the limit of their knowledge and whose interpretation has not yet been revealed..” (10:39) صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (6/ 1)) حسن على الظاهر - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/139))