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In the name of All°h, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful

Questions asked by the people and Answers given by
Im°m Ja`far ibn Mu¶ammad as-as-Æ°diq (prayers be upon him)
[ Installment 4 ]
Compiled by Øujjatul Isl°m wal Muslim¢n A¶mad Q°§h¢ Z°hid¢
Published by Sayyidah Ma`•£mah Publications [Qum, Iran]
Translated by Saleem Bhimji – www.al-mubin.org – al-mubin@al-mubin.org

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Topic: What do the A’immah do when they Are asked
a Question which they do not know the Answer to?

It has been narrated in a Øad¢th found in Bi¶°r al-Anw°r1 that the following question was asked to Im°m Ja`far
ibn Mu¶ammad as-Æ°diq (prayers be upon him) from Øamr°n who narrated from some companions.

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Øamran said, “I asked Ab° `Abdill°h (prayers be upon him): “May I be sacrificed for you! Is it possible that you
are asked concerning something that you do not have the knowledge to reply to?”

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He (Im°m Ja`far ibn Mu¶ammad as-Æ°diq, prayers be upon him) replied, “Sometimes it is possible that this
happens.”

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The narrator of the Øad¢th then said, “I asked him, ‘so then what do you do?’”

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The Im°m (prayers be upon him) said to him: “The R£¶ al-Qudus (Holy Spirit) gives us (the answer) through
inspiration.”

…and all praise belongs to All°h, Lord of the Worlds, only the mistakes are mine. (Tr.)

1 Bi¶°r al-Anw°r, Volume 25, Page 55, Section 16

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