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What Has Been Related About Whoever Reports A Ḥadīth Which He Knows Is A Lie

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Darussalam · Volume 5

39. The Chapters On Knowledge From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 397

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2662. Al-Mughīrah bin Shu'bah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever narrates a Ḥadīth from me which he knows is a lie, then he is one of the liars."[1] (Ṣaḥīh) There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī bin Abī Tālib and Samurah. [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh. Shu'bah reported this Ḥadīth from Al-Ḥakam, from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Lailā, from Samurah from the Prophet ﷺ. Al-A'mash and Ibn Abī Lailā reported it from Al-Ḥakam, from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Lailā, from 'Alī, from the Prophet ﷺ. It is as if the Hadīth of 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Abī Lailā, from Samurah is more correct according to the people of Hadīth. He said: I asked 'Abdullāh bin 'Abdur-Raḥmān, Abū Muḥammad[1] about the Hadīth of the Prophet ﷺ: "Whoever narrates a Hadīth from me which he knows is a lie, then he is one of the liars." I said to him: "If someone reports a Hadīth and he knows that its chain of narration is mistaken, do you fear that he falls under this Hadīth of the Prophet ﷺ, or when people report a Mursal Hadīth, and some of them mention a chain for it, or alter its chain, does this case fall under this Hadīth?" He said: "No. This Hadīth only refers to when a man reports a Hadīth and that Hadīth is not known to have any source from the Prophet ﷺ, yet he narrates it. In this case I fear that he falls under this Hadīth." (Sahīh) [1] Ad-Dārimī.

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٢٦٦٢ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ ‌حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ ‌مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ، عَنِ ‌الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنِّي حَدِيثًا وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ فَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْكَاذِبِينَ». وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَسَمُرَةَ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَرَوَى شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ. وَرَوَى الْأَعْمَشُ وَابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَكَأَنَّ حَدِيثَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ سَمُرَةَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ أَصَحُّ. سَأَلْتُ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنِّي حَدِيثًا وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ فَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْكَاذِبِينَ. قُلْتُ لَهُ: مَنْ رَوَى حَدِيثًا وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ إِسْنَادَهُ خَطَأٌ، أَيُخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ دَخَلَ فِي حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْ إِذَا رَوَى النَّاسُ حَدِيثًا مُرْسَلًا، فَأَسْنَدَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْ قَلَبَ إِسْنَادَهُ يَكُونُ قَدْ دَخَلَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، فَقَالَ: لَا، إِنَّمَا مَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ إِذَا رَوَى الرَّجُلُ حَدِيثًا وَلَا يُعْرَفُ لِذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَصْلٌ، فَحَدَّثَ بِهِ، فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ دَخَلَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ.

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    [1] 'Liars' is recited in the plural form in this version, while in others it is in the dual, meaning "two liars," that is one who initiated it and one who spread it.