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I’ve been reading up on Fabricated Ahaadith lately & it was really eye-opening to learn that some well-known ahaadith are actually fabricated & baseless. Unfortunately, some of us are guilty of knowingly/unknowingly quoting these ahaadith under the impression that they’re Sahih.
I’m going to share a few fabricated ahaadith, particularly those I perceive as very popular, under this thread.
Note: These ahaadith are classed as fabricated because:
a) The hadith is devoid of an isnad
b) A known liar was found in the isnad
c) The hadith is baseless
Note: These ahaadith are classed as fabricated because:
a) The hadith is devoid of an isnad
b) A known liar was found in the isnad
c) The hadith is baseless
• The Prophet SAW said to his Sahaba upon returning from a battle:
“We have returned from the lesser Jihad to the greater Jihad.”
They said, “Is there any Jihad better than the Jihad against the kuffar?”
He SAW said, “Yes, Jihad against the Nafs.”
“We have returned from the lesser Jihad to the greater Jihad.”
They said, “Is there any Jihad better than the Jihad against the kuffar?”
He SAW said, “Yes, Jihad against the Nafs.”
The aforementioned hadith has been classed as fabricated by Ibn Hajar who said it is not a saying of the Prophet SAW, but rather a saying of a man by the name of Ibrahim Ibn Abi Ablah.
• “Seek knowledge even as far as China.”
Related by Ibn Adee 2/207 and classed as fabricated by Ibn Jawzi and Ibn Hibbaan.
Related by Ibn Adee 2/207 and classed as fabricated by Ibn Jawzi and Ibn Hibbaan.
• “Bury your dead in the graveyards of the pious people, for verily the dead is hurt by a bad neighbor the same manner in which a living person suffers from a bad neighbor.”
Related by Abu Na’eem and classed as fabricated by Ibn Jawzi.
Related by Abu Na’eem and classed as fabricated by Ibn Jawzi.
• “Verily for everything there is a heart, and the heart of the Qur’an is Surah Yaa-Sin, he who reads it once will have the reward of reading the Qur’an ten times.”
Related by Ad-Daarimi 2/456 and classed as fabricated by Ibn Abi Haatim.
Related by Ad-Daarimi 2/456 and classed as fabricated by Ibn Abi Haatim.
• “The Prophet SAW had a jewish neighbor who used to throw trash at his door every day. He remained patient and did not do anything. One day he noticed that there was no trash at his door, so he went to check on his neighbor who turned out to be sick...
She asked him how did he know that she was sick and he said because there was no trash at his door that day, so the woman was so touched that she accepted Islam.”
This hadith is not present in any authentic Islamic texts, nor is it mentioned by any scholars of the past.
This hadith is not present in any authentic Islamic texts, nor is it mentioned by any scholars of the past.
• “Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith.”
Some Islamic sites and social media pages attribute this hadith to the collection of Sahih Muslim, but they never give the number of the hadith. This hadith does not exist.
Some Islamic sites and social media pages attribute this hadith to the collection of Sahih Muslim, but they never give the number of the hadith. This hadith does not exist.
• “Whoever sleeps after Asr & loses his mind as a result has no one to blame but himself.”
This is a false hadith. There is no Sahih hadith from the Prophet SAW to indicate that sleeping after Asr is prohibited.
[Ibn Jawzi, AlMawdo'at 3/69; Sh. Albani- Silsilat al-Da’ifah, 39]
This is a false hadith. There is no Sahih hadith from the Prophet SAW to indicate that sleeping after Asr is prohibited.
[Ibn Jawzi, AlMawdo'at 3/69; Sh. Albani- Silsilat al-Da’ifah, 39]
• “He who practices I’tikaaf (seclusion) for ten days of Ramadan will get the reward of two Hajj and two umrah.”
Related by Al-Bayhaqi and classed as fabricated by Adh-Dhahabi.
Related by Al-Bayhaqi and classed as fabricated by Adh-Dhahabi.
• “He who invited someone to Islam causing him or her to embrace it, then he, the caller, shall surely enter paradise.”
Related by Tayyibi and classed as fabricated by As-Saghaani.
Related by Tayyibi and classed as fabricated by As-Saghaani.
A few good sources to look at to read more about Fabricated Ahaadith:
a) 100 Fabricated Hadith by Shaikh Abdullah Faisal
https://www.kalamullah.com/Books/100%20Fabricated%20Hadith.pdf
a) 100 Fabricated Hadith by Shaikh Abdullah Faisal
https://www.kalamullah.com/Books/100%20Fabricated%20Hadith.pdf
b) Fabricated Traditions by Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Milani
https://www.al-islam.org/printpdf/book/export/html/40406
https://www.al-islam.org/printpdf/book/export/html/40406
c) One Hundred Weak or Fabricated Traditions (attributed to the Prophet) famous among Khatibs and Speakers by Shaykh Ihsan Al-‘Utaibi
https://d1.islamhouse.com/data/en/ih_books/single/en_One_Hundred_famous_Hadith_Weak.pdf
https://d1.islamhouse.com/data/en/ih_books/single/en_One_Hundred_famous_Hadith_Weak.pdf
The hadith is second only to the Quran as a source of Islamic law. It is the hadith that explains the Qur’an. Therefore, the protection of the Qur’an necessitates protection of the Hadith from corruption.
Thus, quoting a hadith without confirming its source is really dangerous as some fabricated ahaadith could encourage dangerous bid’ah. Familiarizing ourselves with fabricated ahaadith would help us to avoid believing and spreading false traditions as part and parcel of Islam.
Intentionally quoting a fabricated hadith and presenting it as Sahih to others is prohibited for lying about the Prophet SAW is a grave sin. In this regard, the Prophet SAW said:
“He who tells a lie on me intentionally, let him take his seat in Jahannam.
[Sahih Bukhari, 106]
“He who tells a lie on me intentionally, let him take his seat in Jahannam.
[Sahih Bukhari, 106]
