We entered upon Abdullah bin Masud, and he said, "People, whoever knows something, let him speak of it, and whoever does not know, let him say, 'Allah knows best.' For it is part of knowledge that one says about what he does not know, 'Allah knows best.' Allah said to His Prophet, 'Say, I ask of you no reward for it, nor am I of the pretenders' [Sad 38:86]."
دخلنا على عبد الله بن مسعود قال: يا أيها الناس! من علم شيئا فليقل به، ومن لم يعلم فليقل: الله أعلم، فإن من العلم أن يقول لما لا يعلم: الله أعلم. قال الله عز وجل لنبيه: {قل ما أسألكم عليه من أجر وما أنا من المتكلفين}
Bukhari narrated it in the Tafsir (4809), and Muslim in the Description of the Resurrection, Paradise, and Hell (40:2798), both through the route of Jareer, from Amash, from Abu Duha Muslim bin Sabih, from Masruq, who said, then he related it in a long hadith.His saying, "Say, I do not ask you for any payment for it" [Saad 38:86] means that my calling you is without payment, for the call of the prophets, peace be upon them, was purely for the sake of Allah, without any return in wealth or status.And his saying, "It is not" [Saad 38:87] means that this Quran to which I call you is a reminder for you and for all the worlds together.And his saying, "after a while" [Saad 38:88] means after death, and that is near.