Sahih Muslim Book - 43, Hadith - 6126

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الثَّقَفِيُّ ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ ، وَتَقَارَبَا فِي اللَّفْظِ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ قُتَيْبَةَ ، قَالاَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : مَرَرْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَوْمٍ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ النَّخْلِ ، فَقَالَ : مَا يَصْنَعُ هَؤُلاَءِ ؟ فَقَالُوا : يُلَقِّحُونَهُ ، يَجْعَلُونَ الذَّكَرَ فِي الأُنْثَى فتَلْقَحُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : مَا أَظُنُّ يُغْنِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا , قَالَ : فَأُخْبِرُوا بِذَلِكَ فَتَرَكُوهُ ، فَأُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ : إِنْ كَانَ يَنْفَعُهُمْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَصْنَعُوهُ ، فَإِنِّي إِنَّمَا ظَنَنْتُ ظَنًّا ، فَلاَ تُؤَاخِذُونِي بِالظَّنِّ ، وَلَكِنْ إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنِ اللهِ شَيْئًا ، فَخُذُوا بِهِ ، فَإِنِّي لَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

It was narrated from Musa bin Talhah that his father said: “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and I passed by some people who were at the top of their date palms. He said: ‘What are these people doing?’ They said: ‘They are pollinating them, putting the male with the female so that it will be pollinated.’ The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: ‘I do not think that it is of any use.’ They were told about that, so they stopped doing it. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was told about that and he said: ‘If it benefits them, let them do it. I only expressed what I thought. Do not blame me for what I say based on my own thoughts, but if I narrate something to you from Allah, than follow it, for I will never tell lies about Allah, may He Glorified and Exalted is He.”’