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.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that the people asked Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) until he was hard pressed. He went out one day and he occupied the pulpit and said: Ask me and I shall leave no question of yours unanswered for you, and when the people heard about it they were overawed, as if (something tragic) was going to happen. Anas said: I began to look towards the right and the left and (found) that every person was weeping wrapping his head with the cloth. Then a person in the mosque broke the ice and they used to dispute with him by attributing his fatherhood to another man than his own father. He said: Allah's Apostle, who is my father? He said: Your father is Hudhafa. Then 'Umar bin Khattab (RA) dared say something and said: We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord, with Islam as our code of life and with Muhammad as our Messenger, seeking refuge with Allah from the evil of Turmoil. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Never did I see the good and evil as today. Paradise and Hell were given a visible shape before me (in this worldly life) and I saw both of them near this well.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Qatada.

Abu Musa reported that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was asked such things which he disapproved and when they persisted on asking him he felt enraged and then said to the people: Ask me what you wish to ask. Thereupon a person said: Who is my father? He said: Your father is Hudhafa. Then another person stood up and said: Allah's Messenger, who is my father? He said: Your father is Salim, the freed slave of Shaiba. When 'Umar saw the signs of anger upon the face of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , he said: Allah's Messenger, we ask repentance from Allah. And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu Kuraib (the words are): "Allah's Messenger, who is my father? He said: Your father is Salim, the freed slave of Shaiba."

Musa bin Talha reported: I and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) happened to pass by people near the date-palm trees. He (the Holy Prophet) said: What are these people doing? They said: They are grafting, i.e, they combine the male with the female (tree) and thus they yield more fruit. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: I do not find it to be of any use. The people were informed about it and they abandoned this practice. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was later on informed that the yield had dwindled, whereupon he said: If there is any use of it, then they should do it, for it was just a personal opinion of mine, and do not go after my personal opinion; but when I say to you anything on behalf of Allah, then do accept it, for I do not attribute lie to Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.

Rafi' bin Khadij reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came to Madinah and the people had been grafting the trees. He said: What are you doing? They said: We are grafting them, whereupon he said: It may perhaps be good for you if you do not do that, so they abandoned this practice (and the date-palms) began to yield less fruit. They made a mention of it (to the Holy Prophet), whereupon he said: I am a human being, so when I command you about a thing pertaining to religion, do accept it, and when I command you about a thing out of my personal opinion, keep it in mind that I am a human being. 'Ikrima reported that he said something like this.