Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah was asked about the words which were
narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “My heaven and my earth could not contain Me, but the heart of My believing slave contains Me”?
He replied: Praise be to Allaah.
What they mentioned is from the Israa’eeliyyaat [reports narrated from
Jewish sources], no isnaad is known for it from the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him). What it means is that Allaah puts
love and knowledge of Himself in the heart of His slave.
The report, “The heart is the house of the Lord” is like the first
report. The heart is the home or seat of faith in Allaah and of
knowledge and love of Him.
They
reported the words, “I was an unknown treasure and I wanted to be
known, so I created mankind and taught them about Myself so that they
would know Me.” These are not the words of the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), and I know of no isnaad for this,
either saheeh (sound) or da’eef (weak).
They reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: “Allaah created reason, and said to it, ‘Come here,’ and it
came. He said to it, ‘Go there,’ and it went. He said, ‘By My Glory and
Majesty, I have not created anything more noble than you. I shall
reward and punish because of you.’” This hadeeth is baatil (false) and
mawdoo’ (fabricated) according to the consensus of hadeeth
scholars.
They narrate the
words, “Love of this world is the root of all evil.” This is known from
Jundub ibn ‘Abd-Allaah al-Bajali, but there is no known isnaad from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
They report the words, “This world is merely a step for the believing
man.” This is not known from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) or from the salaf of this ummah or its imams.
They report the words, “Whoever is blessed with a thing, let him stick
with it” and, “Whoever commits himself to something, let him stick with
it.” The first report was narrated from one of the salaf. The second
report is baatil (false), for whoever commits himself to something may
have to stick to it or he may not, according to what Allaah and His
Messenger have commanded.
They
report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said, “Do favours for the poor, for tomorrow they will have authority,
and what authority!” and, “Poverty is my pride and I boast of it.” Both
of these are lies and are not known in any way in the well known books
of the Muslims.
They report
that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I
am the city of knowledge and ‘Ali is its gate.” This hadeeth is da’eef
(weak); indeed it is mawdoo’ (fabricated) according to the scholars of
hadeeth. It was narrated by al-Tirmidhi and others, but it is a
lie.
They report that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “The poor
will sit down on the Day of Resurrection, and [Allaah] will say, ‘By My
Glory and Majesty, I did not deprive you of worldly things because you
are insignificant. Rather I wanted to raise your status on this Day. Go
to the place where the people are standing, and whoever gave you a
piece of bread, or water to drink, or clothes to wear, take him to
Paradise .’” The shaykh said: this report is a lie which was not
narrated by any of the scholars of hadeeth. It is baatil (false) and
goes against the Qur’aan and Sunnah and scholarly consensus
(ijmaa’).
They report that when
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came to
Madeenah, the daughters of al-Najjaar came out with daffs (hand-drums)
and sang “Tala’a al-Badru ‘alayna min thaniyyat al-Widaa”, and the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to
them, “Shake your tambourines, may Allaah bless you.” The hadeeth about
women beating the daff on joyous occasions is saheeh, and this was done
at the time of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him), but it is not known that he said, “Shake your
tambourines.”
They report that
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “O
Allaah, You have brought me out of the place which is most beloved to
me, so cause me to dwell in the place which is most beloved to You.”
This hadeeth is also baatil (false), although it was narrated by
al-Tirmidhi and others. Rather he said to Makkah, “You are the most
beloved part of Allaah’s land to me.” And he said, “You are the most
beloved land to Allaah.”
They
report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: “Whoever visits me and my father Ibraaheem in one year will enter
Paradise .” This is a fabricated lie which was not narrated by any of
the scholars of hadeeth.
They
report that a Bedouin prayed (quickly), pecking (like a bird) in his
prayer. ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, “Do not peck in
your prayer.” The Bedouin said, “O ‘Ali, if your father had pecked in
prayer he would not have entered Hell.” This is a lie.
They report that ‘Umar killed his father. This is a lie, for his father
died before the mission of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) began.
They report
that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “I
was a Prophet when Adam was between the water and the clay. I was a
Prophet when Adam was neither water nor clay.” This wording is
false.
They report the words,
“The bed of a single man is fire. Poor is the man who has no woman and
the woman who has no man.” These are not the words of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
It was narrated that when Ibraaheem (peace be upon him) built the
Ka’bah, he prayed one thousand rak’ahs in each corner, then Allaah
revealed to him, “O Ibraaheem, this is not like feeding a hungry man or
clothing a man who cannot cover his ‘awrah.” This is obviously a lie,
and it is not known in the books of the Muslims.
They narrate the words, “Do not despise tribulation, for it will reap
the hypocrites.” These words are not known from the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him).
They narrate the words, “Whoever teaches his brother an aayah from the
Book of Allaah becomes his master.” This is a lie which is not known at
all in the books of the scholars.
They narrate that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said, “I looked at the sins of my ummah and I did not find any
greater sin than that of one who learns an aayah then forgets it.” If
this hadeeth is saheeh, what is meant is forgetting in the sense of not
reciting. The wording of the hadeeth is: “Among the sins of my ummah is
that of a man to whom Allaah gave an aayah of the Qur’aan, but he
neglected it until he forgot it.” This forgetting means turning
away from the Qur’aan and not believing in it or acting upon it. With
regard to neglecting to study it until one forgets it, this is a
sin.
They report the words,
“One aayah of the Qur’aan is better than Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad. The Qur’aan is the word of Allaah, revealed not created, and
there is nothing like it.” This wording was not reported from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: “Whoever learns something beneficial and conceals it from
the Muslims, Allaah will bridle him with reins of fire on the Day of
Resurrection.” A similar meaning is to be found in al-Sunan: the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Whoever is
asked about a matter of [Islamic] knowledge which he knows but he
conceals it, Allaah will bridle him with reins of fire on the Day of
Resurrection.”
They report that
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “When you
come to talk about disputes which took place among my companions, be
quiet. When you come to talk about the Divine will and decree
(al-qadaa’ wa’l-qadar), keep quiet.” This was reported with munqati’
(broken or interrupted) isnaads.
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said to Salmaan al-Farsi when he was eating grapes, “Du, du,”
meaning eat them two by two. These are not the words of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him); this is baatil
(false).
They report that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Whoever
commits zina (fornication) with a woman and she gives birth to a girl,
the fornicator may marry his daughter who was born as a result of
zina.” This was said by those who were not among the companions of
al-Shaafa’i. Some of them attributed it to al-Shaafa’i, and some of the
companions of al-Shaafa’i denied that he said that. They said, he did
not state that this is permitted, but he did state that this is
permissible in the case of radaa’ah (breastfeeding), if he breastfed
from the milk of a woman who got pregnant as a result of zina. Most of
the scholars, such as Ahmad, Abu Haneefah and others, are agreed that
this is haraam, and this is the stronger of the two opinions narrated
in the madhhab of Maalik.
They
report the words, “the most deserving thing for which you take payment
is the Book of Allaah.” Yes, it is proven that [the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him)] said, “The most deserving thing for
which you take payment is the Book of Allaah,” but that was in the
hadeeth about ruqyah (reciting Qur’aan and du’aa’s for the purpose of
healing), and the reward was for the recovery of that sick person, not
for the recitation.
They report
that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said,
“Whoever mistreats a dhimmi (a Jew or Christian living under Islamic
rule), Allaah will be his opponent on the Day of Resurrection” or “I
will be his opponent on the Day of Resurrection.” This is da’eef
(weak). What is known from him is that he said: “Whoever kills a
mu’aahid (member of a kaafir nation which has a peace treaty with the
Muslims) for no lawful reason will not smell the fragrance of Paradise
.”
They report that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever lights a
lamp in the mosque, the angels and the bearers of the Throne will not
cease to pray for forgiveness for him so long as the light of that lamp
is shining in the mosque.” I know of no isnaad for this from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, 5/88-93