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Mūsā bin Talhah narrated that his
father said: I was with the Prophet (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) and he passed
by some date-palm trees of Madinah, and he saw some people at the top of the
trees who were pollinating them. He said: “What are these people doing?” Talhah
(radiyallāhu ‘anhu) said: “They’re taking pollen from the male and putting it
in the female to fertilise it.”
The Messenger (salallāhu ‘alaihi
wasallam) said: “I do not think this will help in any way.” The news of that
reached them, so they stopped doing it and came down from the trees - and the trees did not bear any fruit that
year as a result.
When the news reached the Prophet (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam), he said: “It was only a suggestion that I had. If it helps in any way, then do it. I am a human just like you, and views may be right or wrong. But if I tell you that Allah (the Mighty and Majestic ) said something, then I will never say anything untruthful about Allah.”(Reported in the Musnad of Imām Ahmad nos. 1399, 1400) See also Sahīh Muslim (no. 2361) who reported the incident and that the Prophet (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) said: “You are more knowledgeable concerning your worldly affairs.”
Taken from the
article Question about COVID-19 to Abu Khadeejah
Source: abukhadeejah.com
