Hadith No: 1
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani - Fath al-Bari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari
Book of the Beginning of Creation - Chapter on the Description of the Sun and Moon
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (211/212)
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- .... His statement: (and the father is what the livestock eat): And ibn Jarir reported from the narration of Ibrahim al-Taymi that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq was asked about (the father) and said: "Which heaven would shelter me and which earth would bear me if I said in the Book of Allah without knowledge."

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Reference: Fath al-Baari fi Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhari Book 6

Hadith No: 2
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani - Fath al-Bari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari
Book of Holding Fast to the Book and the Sunnah - Chapter on What is Disliked Regarding Excessive Questioning and Priding Oneself on What Does Not Concern One
Volume: (12) - Page Number: (229)
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- .... Hadith five: (His statement: from Anas, "We were with Umar, and he said: 'We were prohibited from being overly intricate in asking about knowledge.').... And from another source, from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, who said: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq recited: {And fruits and greens} (Surah Abasa 80:31), and it was said, 'What is the greens?' He replied, 'This and that.' Abu Bakr said, 'Is there any land that can take me in, or any sky that can shade me, if I were to say something about the Book of Allah that I do not know?'}
- .... It was also reported from the direction of Ibrahim al-Taymi that Abu Bakr was asked about what (al-ab) is, and he said, 'Any sky could shade me.'

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Reference: Fath al-Baari fi Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhari Book 12

Hadith No: 3
Al-Qurtubi - Tafsir al-Qurtubi
Al-Jami' li Ahkam al-Quran - Surah Abasa (80): 24 - His statement, Almighty and All-Wise: {So let man look to his food}
Volume: (19) - Page Number: (191)
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- .... And from Ibn Abbas as well as Ibn Abi Talhah: the term "abb" refers to moist fruits. And al-Dahhak said it specifically means figs, which is also reported from Ibn Abbas. The poet said:
Why do they have a pasture for the sows * while "abb" is present among them, measuring?
It is every plant except fruit, and it is said that "fruit" refers to fresh produce, while "abb" refers to dry.
- Ibrahim al-Taymi said: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may he be pleased with him and assuitable mention) was asked about the interpretation of (fruit and abb), and he replied: "Which sky would overshadow me and which earth would support me if I were to say something in the Book of Allah that I do not understand?"

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Reference: Tafseer al-Qurtubbi Book 19

Hadith No: 4
Al-Shawkani - Fath al-Qadeer al-Jaami' bayna Fannay al-Riwayah wa al-Diraayah
Tafsir Fath al-Qadeer - Tafsir of Surah Abasa
Interpretation of His statement, exalted be He: {He frowned and turned away @ because there came to him the blind man @ And what could make you know, perhaps he might be cleansed (Abasa 1-2:3)}
Volume: (5) - Page Number: (387)
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- .... And Abu Ubayd narrated in his book on virtues, and Abd ibn Humayd from Ibrahim al-Taymi, who said: Ibn Abi Bakr al-Siddiq was asked about (the father), and he replied: "Which sky would shade me and which earth would bear me if I were to say in the Book of Allah what I do not know."

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Reference: Fath al-Qadeer Book 5

Hadith No: 5
Ibn Abi Shaybah - Al-Kitab al-Musannaf fi al-Ahadith wa al-Athar
Book of the Merits of the Qur'an - Those Who Disliked Interpreting the Qur'an
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (136)
30107 - Muhammad ibn Ubayd narrated to us, from al-Awwam ibn Hushab from Ibrahim al-Taymi, that Abu Bakr was asked about: {AND FRUITS AND VEGETATION (Surah Abasa 80:31)} and he said: "Which sky would shade me and which earth would hold me if I were to say in the Book of God what I do not know?"

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Reference: Al-Musannaf Book 6

Hadith No: 6
Al-Qasim ibn Salam al-Baghdadi - Fada'il al-Quran (Virtues of the Quran)
Chapter on Interpreting the Quran with Opinion and the Dislike and Severity Regarding It
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (375)
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- Muhammad ibn Yazid narrated to us, from al-Awwam ibn Hushab from Ibrahim al-Taymi, that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq was asked about his statement: {And fruits and pasture} (Surah Abasa 80:31) and he said, "Which heaven would shade me or which earth would bear me if I were to say that there is something in the Book of Allah that I do not know?"

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Reference: Fazael Quran wa malemah wa adabah Book 1

Hadith No: 7
Al-Suyuti - al-Durr al-Manthur fi al-Tafsir bil-Ma'thur - Surah Abasa
Volume: (8) - Page Number: (421)
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- .... Abu Ubayd narrated in his book on virtues and Abd ibn Humayd from Ibrahim al-Taimi, who said:Ibrah-was asked about Abu Bakr al-Siddiq's (may Allah be pleased with him) statement regarding his words:{ وَأَبًّا (Abasa 31) }and he said: "Which sky would shade me and which earth would bear me if I were to say in the Book of Allah what I do not know."

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Reference: Al-Durr al-Manthoor fi Tafseer al-Mathoor Book 8