Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad and 'Abdallah (both) sons of Muhammad ibn 'Isa from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf ibn 'Umayra from Mufaddal ibn Yazid who has said the
following.
"(Imam) abu 'Abdallah (a.s.)said, 'I would like to warn you about two forms of behavior that lead a man to destruction. I prohibit you from dealing with Allah on the basis of falsehood and
from giving fatwa to people without knowledge.'"
H 96, Ch. 11, h 2
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn 'Isa ibn 'Ubayd from Yunus ibn 'Abd al- Rahman from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj who has said the following.
"Imam abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) has said, 'Beware of two forms of behavior. It is such behaviors that have lead many people to their destruction. Beware of giving fatwa to people on the basis of
your own opinion and to follow a religion without knowledge.'"
H 97, Ch. 11, h 3
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn al-Ri'ab from abu 'Ubayda al-Hadhdha' from abu Ja'far (a.s.) who has said the
following.
"The angels of mercy and the angels of wickedness condemn those who give to people fatwas without knowledge and guidance. Such people will be held responsible for the sins of all those who
have followed such fatwas."
H 98, Ch. 11, h 4
A number of our people has narrated has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washshi' from Aban al-Ahmar from Ziyad ibn abu Raja' from abu Ja'far (a.s.) who
has said the following.
"What you know you may speak it up but what you do not know say, 'Allah knows best'. A man refers to a verse in the holy Quran and gives it a meaning that is farther from the truth than the
heavens are from earth."
H 99, Ch. 11, h 5
Muhammad ibn 'Isma'il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Hammad ibn 'Isa from Ri'ab'i ibn 'Abdallah from Muhammad ibn Muslim from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the
following.
"It is very proper for a scholar to say, 'Allah knows best' if he does not know. This is not for a none scholar."
H 100, Ch. 11, h 6
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Hammad ibn 'Isa from Hariz ibn 'Abdallah from Muhammad ibn Muslim from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the
following.
"If one of you would be asked of what he does not know he must say, 'I have no knowledge and he must not say, "Allah knows best" because it may create doubts in the hearts of his audience.
If the person questioned would say, "I do not know his audience will not accuse him of anything."
H 101, Ch. 11, h 7
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu'alla ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Asbat from Ja'far ibn Sama'a from several persons, from aban, from Zurara ibn A'yan who has said the
following.
"I asked Imam abu Ja'far (a.s.) this, 'What are the rights of Allah on people?'" The Imam (a. s.) replied, "They must say what they know and abstain from saying anything that they have no
knowledge of.'"
H 102, Ch. 11, h 8
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu '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)
H 103, Ch. 11, h 9
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn 'Isa from Yunus from Dawad ibn Farqad from one he narrated from ibn Shubruma (a judge in al-Kufa during the rule of al-Mansur) who has said
the following.
"I never heard any thing like a statement I heard from Imam abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) and it is almost as he said, 'Pierced my heart.'" The Imam (a.s.) said, "My father narrated from my
great-great-great-great grandfather, the holy Prophet (s.a.) who said,
'Those who act on the basis of analogy will face their destruction and lead others to their destruction. Those who give fatwas without the knowledge of the abrogating and the abrogated, the
clear text and that which requires interpretation, they will face destruction and lead others to their destruction."
