Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.

Below, you will find an explanation of this Hadith.

Sahih al-Bukhari 122

Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair:

The Prophet said, “Once the Prophet Moses stood up and addressed Bani Israel. He was asked, “Who is the most learned man amongst the people. He said, “I am the most learned.” Allah admonished Moses as he did not attribute absolute knowledge to Him (Allah). So Allah inspired to him “At the junction of the two seas there is a slave amongst my slaves who is more learned than you.” Moses said, “O my Lord! How can I meet him?” Allah said: Take a fish in a large basket (and proceed) and you will find him at the place where you will lose the fish. So Moses set out along with his (servant) boy, Yusha` bin Noon and carried a fish in a large basket till they reached a rock, where they laid their heads (i.e. lay down) and slept. The fish came out of the basket and it took its way into the sea as in a tunnel. So it was an amazing thing for both Moses and his (servant) boy. They proceeded for the rest of that night and the following day. When the day broke, Moses said to his (servant) boy: “Bring us our early meal. No doubt, we have suffered much fatigue in this journey.” Moses did not get tired till he passed the place about which he was told. There the (servant) boy told Moses, “Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the rock, I indeed forgot the fish.” Moses remarked, “That is what we have been seeking. So they went back retracing their footsteps, till they reached the rock. There they saw a man covered with a garment (or covering himself with his own garment). Moses greeted him. Al-Khadir replied saying, “How do people greet each other in your land?” Moses said, “I am Moses.” He asked, “The Moses of Bani Israel?” Moses replied in the affirmative and added, “May I follow you so that you teach me of that knowledge which you have been taught.” Al-Khadir replied, “Verily! You will not be able to remain patient with me, O Moses! I have some of the knowledge of Allah which He has taught me and which you do not know, while you have some knowledge which Allah has taught you which I do not know.” Moses said, “Allah willing, you will find me patient and I will disobey no order of yours. So both of them set out walking along the seashore, as they did not have a boat. In the meantime a boat passed by them and they requested the crew of the boat to take them on board. The crew recognized Al-Khadir and took them on board without fare. Then a sparrow came and stood on the edge of the boat and dipped its beak once or twice in the sea. Al-Khadir said: “O Moses! My knowledge and your knowledge have not decreased Allah’s knowledge except as much as this sparrow has decreased the water of the sea with its beak.” Al- Khadir went to one of the planks of the boat and plucked it out. Moses said, “These people gave us a free lift but you have broken their boat and scuttled it so as to drown its people.” Al-Khadir replied, “Didn’t I tell you that you will not be able to remain patient with me.” Moses said, “Call me not to account for what I forgot.” The first (excuse) of Moses was that he had forgotten. Then they proceeded further and found a boy playing with other boys. Al-Khadir took hold of the boy’s head from the top and plucked it out with his hands (i.e. killed him). Moses said, “Have you killed an innocent soul who has killed none.” Al-Khadir replied, “Did I not tell you that you cannot remain patient with me?” Then they both proceeded till when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them. Then they found there a wall on the point of collapsing. Al-Khadir repaired it with his own hands. Moses said, “If you had wished, surely you could have taken wages for it.” Al-Khadir replied, “This is the parting between you and me.” The Prophet added, “May Allah be Merciful to Moses! Would that he could have been more patient to learn more about his story with Al-Khadir.

To clarify; In this Hadith, Allah directs Moses to meet someone extremely wise. Allah then hooks Moses up with a fish, suggesting it’d be his GPS. Allah said he’d meet Al-Khadir when Moses lost the fish.

Moses, feeling hungry and tired, considered eating his GPS, the fish, upon discovering it was missing. So that’s where he found Al-Khadir. Moses followed Al-Khadir.

Al-Khadir broke a boat, leading Moses to inquire, ‘Why would you do that?’ Moses feared for the safety of the kind people aboard the boat, worried they might drown.

Soon after Al-Khadir murdered a young boy, leaving Moses bewildered, he questioned, ‘Why?’ once more.

Then Al-Khadir played Bob the Builder, and dedicated his time to fix a wall, Moses once again questioned, ‘But why?’

Al-Khadir grew increasingly irritated by Moses’s continuous questioning. In the end, he reached his breaking point, demanding that Moses leave.

In this hadith, the actions of Al-Khadir, such as killing a child and damaging the boat, are undeniably evil. Al-Khadir then acts all innocent when Moses calls him out, and appears appalled that Moses would dare to question him.

Furthermore, the young boy was innocent, having not yet committed any crime. According to Islam, Allah determines if one strays or not, so Allah’s so called mercy could have kept the child onto the right path, and could have prevented the murder.

Aside the sins committed, it seems this Hadith subtly advises against asking questions. Islam discourages questioning, as Moses repeatedly did in this Hadith. The reason for this is that if you ask too many questions in Islam, you might just end up with more confusion and no answers.

Another hadith states; 'The worst criminal among the Muslims is the one who inquired about something which had not been made unlawful, and then it was declared so, because of his inquiry.' (Sahih Bukhari book 92)

The no-question policy is also stressed in the Quran. Quran (5:101) Believers! Do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you.

Allah and Muhammad appear to be allergic to questions. Islam’s reluctance to entertain questions is to prevent the exposing of Islam’s falseness.

The moral lesson from this Hadith is to avoid asking questions, and to resist the urge to ask ‘Why?’

However Sweet Jesus says the opposite.

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.