the best of what he knew would benefit them and to warn them against the worst of what he knew would harm them.”

Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, and there was not a bird flapping its wings in the sky except that he had given us some knowledge about it.”

ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once stood among us and spoke of the beginning of creation until the people of Paradise reached their dwellings and the people of the Fire reached theirs; whoever retained that account has retained it….”