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Thus, whatever a person understands, he must follow and take as his guide; for him, it is a guide to be followed. Whatever he does not understand—such as what he finds ambiguous and whose meaning he does not know—he entrusts to those who know it. As reported in the two Sahīh collections, Ibn Mas‘ūd said:
“O people, whoever knows something should speak according to that knowledge, and whoever does not know should say, ‘Allah knows best.’ For it is part of knowledge that a person should say of what he does not know, ‘Allah knows best.’ Allah Most High said to His Prophet: ‘Say: I ask you for no payment for this, nor am I one of those who make pretensions.’ (86) [Sād 86]”
And this
فما علم الإنسان كان عليه أن يتبعه ويأتم به فهو في حقه إمام يأتم به وما جهل منه كالذي يشتبه عليه ولا يعرف معناه فإنه يكله إلى عالمه كما في الصحيحين عن ابن مسعود أنه قال أيها الناس من علم علماً فليقل به ومن لم يعلمه فليقل الله أعلم فإن من العلم أن يقول الرجل لما لا يعلم الله أعلم وإن الله تعالى قال لنبيه قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ
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