Does the jurisprudential rule "The default in matters is permissibility" contradict the noble verse "O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if made manifest to you, would trouble you" and that the default in matters is prohibition?

The default ruling for things, according to the majority of scholars, is permissibility (ibahah), in contrast to those who hold that the default is cessation (tawaqquf) or prohibition (hurmah). They base their argument on the Almighty’s saying: "And He has subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth - all from Him" and "It is He who created for you all that is on the earth," as well as the hadith: "What Allah has made lawful in His Book is lawful, and what He has made unlawful is unlawful, and what He has remained silent about is an indulgence (afiyah)." Thus, everything Allah has created is permissible unless there is a prohibition or harm mentioned concerning it.

The verse: "Do not ask about things which, if made manifest to you, would trouble you" does not contradict permissibility. Rather, it prohibits asking questions that are useless and may cause distress to the questioner, such as questions of mockery and obstinacy, or those that might lead to a stricter or narrower legal ruling, as in the hadith: "The greatest of Muslims in guilt is he who asks about something that was not forbidden, and it became forbidden because of his question."

This prohibition does not include asking people of knowledge and expertise, based on the Almighty’s saying: "So ask the people of the message if you do not know," and the hadith: "Indeed, the cure for ignorance is asking." The "fitnah" (trouble/trial) mentioned does not mean that the default is prohibition; rather, it confirms that the default is permissibility and to refrain from delving into what Allah has remained silent about as a mercy from Him.