Fatwa #3339313 December 2018Pakistan
May Allaah darken his face who hears my hadith and does not conveys it to others
Question
Assalaamu Alaikum
I know that there is a hadith such as
كما فيالترمذي عن زيد بن ثابت قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: نضر الله امرأً سمع منا حديثا فحفظه حتى يبلغه غيره
I want to ask, is there any hadith also with the opposite meaning that is:"May Allah darken (bay-noor) his face who hears my hadith and does not conveys it to others."
I received a text message mentioning a hadith and at the end of the message, the above mentioned words were quoted as a hadith.
Answer
In the Name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salaamu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullaahi wa-barakaatuh.
Brother in Islaam,
There is no Hadith with reference to a person’s face being darkened for not narrating a Ahaadith. There were many Sahaabah (Radhiyallaahu ‘anhum) who exercised precaution in narrating Ahaadith.
Rasulullaah (Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said,
من كذب علي متعمدا فليتبوأ مقعده من النار[1]
Translation: “Whoever deliberately ascribes something to me falsely, then let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire.” (Muslim 3)
And Allaah Ta’aala Knows Best.
Muajul I. Chowdhury
Student, Darul Iftaa
Astoria, New York, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
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[1] صحيح مسلم (1/ 10)
3 - (3) وحدثنا محمد بن عبيد الغبري، حدثنا أبو عوانة، عن أبي حصين، عن أبي صالح، عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «من كذب علي متعمدا، فليتبوأ مقعده من النار»