HADITH AND ITS SCIENCE
Hadith:
Waathilah ibn al-Asqa’, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, may Allah’speace and blessings be upon him, said: “From the gravest of lies is someone who ascribes himself to other than his biological father, or claims to have seen something in a dream which he actually never saw, or ascribes something to the Messenger of Allah -may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him -which he did not say”.
Hadith Grade: Sahih/Authentic.
Brief Explanation:
From the worst of lies in Allah’s sight is that a man ascribes himself to someone who is not his biological father, or that someone else ascribes a man to other than his biological father and that man approves of such ascription. This is indeed a monstrous falsehood. Also from the worst types of lying in Allah’s sight is that a person claims that he saw something in a dream which he never really saw. Another grave and severe type of lie in Allah’s sight is to ascribe to the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, something that he never said, did, or approved of.
ʿAbdullah ibn ʿAmr ibn Al-ʿAas, may Allah be pleased with both of them, reported that the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Convey from me even one verse, and narrate from the Children of Israel, and there is no sin in that. And whoever intentionally tells a lie against me, let him assume his seat in Hellfire”.
Hadith Grade: Sahih/Authentic.
Brief Explanation:
Meaning of Hadith: The Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, says to his nation: Convey to people the knowledge you have inherited from me, from the Qurʾan or the Sunnah, even if what you convey is as little as one single verse from the Qurʾan, on condition that the conveyer is knowledgeable of what he conveys and comprehends it. The command to convey applies when it is an obligation to do so. If it is not an obligation, such as in case there are preachers in his town who call to Allah and teach people about their religion, then he is not obliged to convey; rather, it is only recommended that he does so. Also, there is no harm on you or sin in narrating what you heard from the Children of Israel about real events that happened to them, such as the fire that came down from the sky and consumed the offering, or the story of killing themselves as repentance from calf worship, or the details of the stories mentioned in the Qurʾan which contain lessons and admonitions. Moreover, the one who lies against me, let him take his place in Hellfire, because lying against the Messenger of Allah is not like lying against anyone else. Lying against the Messenger of Allah is equivalent to lying against Allah and against the Shariʿah, because the revelation that the Messenger of Allah conveys is Allah’s legislation, hence the punishment of the one who tells such lies is more intense.
Hadith:
Samurah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be uponhim, said: “Whoever reports a Hadith on my authority that is thought to be false is one of the two liars (the one who fabricated it and the one who reported it)”.
Hadith Grade: Sahih/Authentic.
Brief Explanation:
This noble Hadith warns against narrating anything on the authority of the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, while knowing or thinking that what he is narrating is a lie about the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him. It warns him against doing that as he would be considered exactly like the one who intentionally lied about the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him (by fabricating the statement and attributing it to him). [Sharh Shaykh Ibn `Uthaymeen, 6:187]
“Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths”
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