7.2. THE HADITHS IN THE BOOKS OF HEART-SOFTENING TRADITIONS
The narrations found in the books of heart-softening traditions and Sufism can be sound, weak, and forged, and this is agreed upon by all Muslims. There is no dispute about the fact that these books contain hadiths from all of these categories. In fact, weak hadiths have found their way even into the books of Tafsir, in spite of the fact that the scholars of hadith are more learned in the science of narration. If this is the case with their books, what about the books of others?
Sometimes the authors of these works are actually Imams of Jurisprudence, Sufism, or hadith and end up relating these hadiths because they do not know that they are lies. This is the case most of the time with religious men as they do not use anything as proof if they know that it is a lie.
Sometimes they know that these hadiths are false but still relate them as their sole intention is to mention everything that has been narrated about a particular topic.
Relating false hadiths and accompanying that with a clarification about their status is permissible while doing so with hadiths that encourage action is unlawful according to the scholars unless one states their rank. The Prophet says in a hadith found in the Sahih: “He who narrates a hadith from me while considering it a lie is one of the two liars.”
Many scholars have done this with the interpretation that instead of lying they are merely relating what has been narrated by others. This is not serious if they only relate them to teach the reader that such narrations exist without wanting them to act and rely upon them.
By Shaykhu’l-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
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