Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُمْ سَأَلُوا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا حَتَّى أَجْهَدُوهُ بِالْمَسْأَلَةِ فَخَرَجَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ لَا تَسْأَلُونِي الْيَوْمَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَنْبَأْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَأَشْفَقَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَمْرٍ قَدْ حَضَرَ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ لَا أَلْتَفِتُ يَمِينًا وَلَا شِمَالًا إِلَّا وَجَدْتُ كُلَّ رَجُلٍ لَافًّا رَأْسَهُ فِي ثَوْبِهِ يَبْكِي فَأَنْشَأَ رَجُلٌ كَانَ يُلَاحَى فَيُدْعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَبِي قَالَ أَبُوكَ حُذَافَةُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَامَ عُمَرُ أَوْ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ رَضِينَا بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولًا عَائِذًا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ الْفِتَنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ أَرَ كَالْيَوْمِ فِي الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ قَطُّ صُوِّرَتْ لِي الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهُمَا دُونَ هَذَا الْحَائِطِ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ بِمِثْلِهِ قَالَ وَكَانَ قَتَادَةُ يَذْكُرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ { لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ }.
English Translation
Rawh told us: Sa'id told us, from Qatada, from Anas ibn Malik, that they questioned the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, one day until they wore him out with questions. So one day he went out and ascended the pulpit and said: "Ask me nothing today but I will inform you of it." The companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, were alarmed that this might be before some matter that had already come to pass. He said: I began not to turn right or left but I found every man with his head wrapped in his garment, weeping. Then a man stood up - one who used to be teased and attributed to someone other than his father - and said: "O Prophet of Allah, who is my father?" He said: "Your father is Hudhafa." Then Umar stood up - or he said, then Umar spoke up - and said: "We are content with Allah as a Lord, with Islam as a religion, and with Muhammad as a Messenger, seeking refuge in Allah from the evil of trials." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I have never seen a day like today in both good and evil. Paradise and the Fire were portrayed to me until I saw them just beyond this wall." Rawh told us: Hisham ibn Abi Abd Allah told us, from Qatada, from Anas, similarly. He said: Qatada used to mention this hadith when asked about this verse: "Do not ask about things which, if made clear to you, would trouble you."