1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

Unnecessary Questioning is Disapproved of
Allah said next,
یَا أَی ُّهَا ال َّذِینَ‏ آمَنُواْ‏ لاَ‏ تَسْأَلُواْ‏ عَنْ‏ أَشْيَاء إِن تُبْدَ‏ لَكُمْ‏ تَسُؤْآُمْ‏ ...
O you who believe! Ask not about things which, if made
plain to you, may cause you trouble.
This Ayah refers to good conduct that Allah is
teaching His believing servants, by forbidding
them from asking about useless things. Since if
they get the answers they sought, they might be
troublesome for them and difficult on their ears.
Al-Bukhari recorded that Anas bin Malik said,
"The Messenger of Allah gave a speech unlike
anything I heard before. In this speech, he said,
لَو تَعْلَمُونَ‏ مَا أَعْلَمُ،‏ لَضَحِكْتُمْ‏ قَلِيلًا،‏ وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ‏ آَثِيرًا
If you but know what I know, you will laugh little
and cry a lot.
The companions of Allah's Messenger covered
their faces and the sound of crying was coming
out of their chests.
A man asked, `Who is my father'
The Prophet said, `So-and-so'.
لاَ‏ تَسْأَلُواْ‏ عَنْ‏ أَشْيَاء revealed, This Ayah was later
(Ask not about things...).''
Muslim, Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i
recorded this Hadith.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Qatadah said about Allah's
statement,
you who believe! Ask not about things which, if made
plain to you, may cause you trouble),
O) يَا أَي ُّهَا ال َّذِينَ‏ آمَنُواْ‏ لاَ‏ تَسْأَلُواْ‏ عَنْ‏ أَشْيَاء إِن تُبْدَ‏ لَكُمْ‏ تَسُؤْآُمْ‏
Anas bin Malik narrated that once, the people
were questioning the Messenger of Allah until
they made him angry. So he ascended the
Minbar and said,
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