Monday 3 October 2011

Fabricated ahaadeeth that are falsely attributed to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)

 

I got this message. Are these words true?


The Holy Prophet Said:


1) Four things that make your body sick: a) Excessive talking b) Excessive sleeping c) Excessive eating and d) Excessive meeting other people


2) Four things that destroys the body: a) Worrying b) Sorrow (Sadness/Grief) c) Hunger d) Sleeping late in the night


3) Four things that dry the face & take away its happiness: a) Lying b) Being disrespectful / impudent (insisting on something wrong knowingly) c) Arguing without adequate knowledge & Information. d) Excessive immorality (doing something wrong without fear).


4) Four things that increases the wetness of face & its happiness: a) Piety b) Loyalty c) Generosity (being kind) d) To be helpful to others without he/she asking for that.


5) Four things that stop the Rizq (Sustenance) : a) Sleeping in the morning (from Fajr to sunrise) b) Not Performing Namaz or Ir-regular in Prayers c) Laziness / Idleness d) Treachery / Dishonesty


6) Four things that bring / increase the Rizq: a) Staying up in the night for prayers. b) Excessive Repentance c) Regular Charity d) Zikr (Remembrance of Allah / God).

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly: 

What is
required of every Muslim is to be very careful in what he says and writes,
before attributing it to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him), so that he will not fall into the sin of telling lies about him and
attributing to him something that he did not say. Not all words that are
correct and true, or have a beautiful meaning or eloquent wording can be
attributed to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) just
because they appear good. 

It was
narrated from al-Mugheerah ibn Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) that
the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“Whoever narrates a hadeeth from me knowing that it is false is one of the
liars.” 

And it was
narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

“Whoever
tells a lie about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.” Agreed
upon. 

Al-Nawawi
(may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

It is haraam
to narrate a fabricated hadeeth for one who knows or thinks it most likely
that it is fabricated. Whoever narrates the hadeeth, knowing or thinking it
most likely that it is fabricated, and does not explain the facts about its
narration and that it is weak, is included in this warning and comes under
the heading of the liars who tell lies about the Messenger of Allah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). This is also indicated by the
previous hadeeth, “Whoever tells a lie about me deliberately, let him take
his place in Hell.” End quote. 

Secondly: 

With regard
to the words that are mentioned in the question, whether they are a single
hadeeth or a number of hadeeths, we cannot -- after researching the matter
-- find any basis at all for them being from the Messenger of Allah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), either with or without an
isnaad. As far as we know, they were not mentioned by any of those who spoke
about morals and manners and heart softening reports. 

The phrase
“Four things that stop the Rizq (sustenance): sleeping in the morning”: it
was narrated from ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan (may Allah be pleased with him) from
the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) that he said:
“Sleeping in the morning prevents some provision.”

This was
narrated by Abu Na’eem in al-Hilyah, 9/251, but it is a very weak
hadeeth. See: al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah by Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah
have mercy on him), 3019. 

And it was
narrated with the words: “Do not sleep and miss seeking your provision
between Fajr prayer and sunrise.” This is also very weak. See al-Da’eefah,
6991. 

With regard
to the phrase “Four things increase provision,” in which regular charity is
included: something similar was narrated by al-Daylami in Musnad
al-Firdaws (1/47), with the wording: “Seek help with provision by means
of charity.” But this is a da’eef hadeeth. 

See:
Da’eef al-Jaami’, 818, by Shaykh al-Albaani. 

And Allah knows best

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