Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 262 of 372
Ascertainment of what one Hears and Narrates
The Book of the Prohibited Actions – Chapter 262 : Ahadith 1547 – 1549
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
وَلَا تَقۡفُ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡبَصَرَ وَٱلۡفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنۡهُ مَسۡـُٔولٗا
“And follow not (O man, i.e., say not or do not or witness not) that of which you have no knowledge.”
[Al-Isrā’ 17:36]
مَّا يَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٞ
“Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).”
[Qāf 50:18]
1547 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Prophet ﷺ said, “It is enough for a man to prove himself a liar when he goes on narrating whatever he hears.”[Muslim].
1548 Samurah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “He who relates from me something which he deems false is one of the liars.”[Muslim]
1549 Asma’ (radiyallahu anha) reported: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: “I have a co-wife. “Is there any harm for me if I give her the false impression of getting something from my husband which he has not in fact given me?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The one who creates a false impression of receiving what one has not been given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].