حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَی عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ سِمَاکٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُوسَی بْنَ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ مَرَرْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي نَخْلٍ فَرَأَی قَوْمًا يُلَقِّحُونَ النَّخْلَ فَقَالَ مَا يَصْنَعُ هَؤُلَائِ قَالُوا يَأْخُذُونَ مِنْ الذَّکَرِ فَيَجْعَلُونَهُ فِي الْأُنْثَی قَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ ذَلِکَ يُغْنِي شَيْئًا فَبَلَغَهُمْ فَتَرَکُوهُ فَنَزَلُوا عَنْهَا فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ الظَّنُّ إِنْ کَانَ يُغْنِي شَيْئًا فَاصْنَعُوهُ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُکُمْ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ يُخْطِئُ وَيُصِيبُ وَلَکِنْ مَا قُلْتُ لَکُمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ أَکْذِبَ عَلَی اللَّهِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2470
It was narrated from Simak that he heard Musa bin Talhah bin 'Ubaidullah narrating that his father said: "I passed by some palm trees with the Messenger of Allah and he saw some people pollinating the trees. He said: 'What are these people doing?' They said: 'They are taking something from the male part (of the plant) and putting it in the female part.' He said: 'I do not think that this will do any good.' News of that reached them, so they stopped doing it, and their yield declined. News of that reached the Prophet and he said: 'That was only my thought. If it will do any good, then do it. I am only a human being like you, and what I think may be right or wrong. But when I tell you: “Allah says,” I will never tell lies about Allah.'''
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020