I do not know

Reference: Jaami’u Bayaan al-‘Ilm v2 p841

‘Uqbah ibn Muslim رحمه الله said:

I accompanied Ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما for 34 months, and [during this time] whenever he was asked a question, he would respond with: ‘I do not know.’ He then turned to me and said: ‘Do you know what these [people] wanted? They wanted to use our backs as a bridge for themselves to Hell.’


Translation originally published on 20 January, 2015.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.