Some men kept questioning the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until they pressed him with their questioning, and he became angry. He climbed the pulpit and said, "Do not ask me about anything today without my explaining it to you."So I began looking right and left, and there was every man wrapping his head in his garment, weeping. Then a man who, whenever he quarreled with others, was accused of being from someone other than his father, said, "Messenger of Allah, who is my father?"He replied, "Hudhafa."Then Umar rose and said, "We are pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad ﷺ as Messenger. We seek refuge in Allah from trials."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "I have never seen good and evil as I have today. Paradise and Hell were depicted for me until I saw them both behind the wall."Qatada used to mention, in connection with this hadith, the verse, "You who believe, do not ask about things which, if disclosed to you, would distress you" [Maidah 5:101].
حدثنا حفص بن عمر حدثنا هشام عن قتادة
سألوا رسول الله ﷺ حتى أحفوه المسألة فغضب فصعد المنبر فقال لا تسألوني اليوم عن شيء إلا بينته لكم فجعلت أنظر يمينا وشمالا فإذا كل رجل لاف رأسه في ثوبه يبكي فإذا رجل كان إذا لاحى الرجال يدعى لغير أبيه فقال يا رسول الله من أبي قال حذافة ثم أنشأ عمر فقال رضينا بالله ربا وبالإسلام دينا وبمحمد ﷺ رسولا نعوذ بالله من الفتن فقال رسول الله ﷺ ما رأيت في الخير والشر كاليوم قط إنه صورت لي الجنة والنار حتى رأيتهما وراء الحائط وكان قتادة يذكر عند هذا الحديث هذه الآية {يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تسألوا عن أشياء إن تبد لكم تسؤكم}