Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that he heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Avoid that which I forbid you to do and do that which I command you to do to the best of your capacity. Verily the people before you went to their doom because they had put too many questions to their Prophets and then disagreed with their teachings.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of transmitters.

Amir bin Sa'd reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: The greatest sinner amongst the Muslims is one who asked about a thing (from Allah's Apostle) ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) which had not been forbidden for the Muslims and it was forbidden for them because of his persistently asking about it.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Amir bin Sa'd and the words are. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: The greatest sinner of the Muslims amongst Muslims is one who asked about a certain thing which had not been prohibited and it was prohibited because of his asking about it.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters and with this addition: "A person asked about a thing from Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he indulged in hair-splitting."

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that something was conveyed to him (the Holy prophet) about his Companions, so he addressed them and said: Paradise and Hell were presented to me and I have never seen the good and evil as (I did) today. And if you were to know you would have wept more and laughed less. He (the narrator) said: There was nothing more burdensome for the Companions of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) than this. They covered their heads and the sound of weeping was heard from them. Then there stood up 'Umar and he said: We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord, with Islam as our code of life and with Muhammad as our Apostle, and it was at that time that a person stood up and he said: Who is my father? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Your father is so and so; and there was revealed the verse: "O you who believe, do not ask about matters which, if they were to be made manifest to you (in terms of law), might cause to you harm" (v. 101).

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that a person said: Allah's Messenger, who is my father? And he said: Your father is so and so, and there was revealed this verse: "Do not ask about matters which, if they were to be made manifest to you, might cause you harm" (v. 101).

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him stood when the sun had passed the meridian and he led the noon prayer and after observing salutations (completing the prayer) he stood upon the pulpit and talked about the Last Hour and made a mention of the important facts prior to it and then said: He who desires to ask anything from me let him ask me about it. By Allah, I shall not move from this place so long as I do not inform you about that which you ask. Anas bin Malik (RA) said: People began to shed tears profusely when they heard this from Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said it repeatedly: You ask me. Thereupon 'Abdullah bin Hudhafa stood up and said: Allah's Messenger, who is my father? He said: Your father is Hudhafa, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said repeatedly: Ask me, and (it was at this juncture that 'Umar knelt down and said): We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord, with Islam as our code of life and with Muhammad as the Messenger (of Allah). Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) kept quiet so long as 'Umar spoke. Then Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: (The Doom) is near; by Him, in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, there was presented to me the Paradise and Hell in the nook of this enclosure, and I did not see good and evil like that of the present day. Ibn Shihab reported: Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba told me that the mother of 'Abdullah bin Hudhafa told 'Abdullah bin Hudhafa: I have never heard of a son more disobedient than you. Do you feel yourself immune from the fact that your mother committed a sin which the women in the pre-Islamic period committed and then you disgrace her in the eyes of the people? 'Abdullah bin Hudhafa said: If my fatherhood were to be attributed to a black slave I would have connected myself with him.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording.