Qutaybah ibn Sa'id al-Thaqafi and Abu Kamil al-Jahdari narrated to us—and their wording was close, and this is the narration of Qutaybah—they said: Abu 'Awanah narrated to us, from Simak, from Musa ibn Talhah, from his father, who said: I passed with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, by some people who were at the tops of palm trees. He said, "What are these people doing?" They said, "They are pollinating them, placing the male [part] into the female, and it is fertilized." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "I do not think that will avail anything." He said: They were informed of that, so they abandoned it. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was informed of that, and he said, "If it benefits them, let them do it. I only expressed an opinion, so do not hold me accountable for an opinion. But when I tell you something from Allah, then take it, for I will never lie about Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."