Hadith 40
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4. [4/38] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Ismail from al-Fadhl b. Shadhan from Hammad b. Isa from Rib’i b. Abdallah from Muhammad b. Muslim from Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said
it is for the scholar – if he is asked something of which he does not know – to say: “Allāh is more knowing” and it is not for other than the scholar to say that.
[4/38] الكافي: محمد بن إسماعيل، عن الفضل بن شاذان، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن ربعي بن عبدالله، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أبي عبدالله عليه السلام قال
للعالم إذا سئل عن شئ وهو لا يعلمه أن يقول: الله أعلم، وليس لغير العالم أن يقول ذلك
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