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====Muhammad's Farewell Sermon====
====Muhammad's Farewell Sermon====


The following rendition of Muhammad's '[[Farewell Sermon]]', along with a second version, was for many years quoted on [[Wikipedia]] without a primary source.  
The following rendition of Muhammad's '[[Farewell Sermon]]', along with a second version, was for many years quoted on Wikipedia without a primary source.  


It is quoted below, and consists of a loose synthesis by a modern author based on various hadiths, the sources of which are not entirely known. It has become popular due to including the lines from a hadith found in Musnad Ahmad ([http://dailyhadith.abuaminaelias.com/2011/12/30/farewell-sermon-your-lord-is-one-your-father-is-one-your-lives-are-sacred/ #22978], graded sahih by al-Albani<ref> [https://islamqa.info/ar/182686 islamqa.info]</ref>)"''an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action''".
It is quoted below, and consists of a loose synthesis by a modern author based on various hadiths, the sources of which are not entirely known. It has become popular due to including the lines from a hadith found in Musnad Ahmad ([http://dailyhadith.abuaminaelias.com/2011/12/30/farewell-sermon-your-lord-is-one-your-father-is-one-your-lives-are-sacred/ #22978], graded sahih by al-Albani<ref> [https://islamqa.info/ar/182686 islamqa.info]</ref>)"''an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action''".
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====When a husband and wife look at each other with love, Allah looks at both with mercy====
====When a husband and wife look at each other with love, Allah looks at both with mercy====


This hadith has been classed as maudu (fabricated). Like the Farewell Sermon, some have attributed false sources to this, saying it is found in Bukhari (No. 6:19) and Tirmidhi (No. 14:79). It is found in neither, but can be found in Silsilatu Al-Ahaadeeth Ad-Daeefa wa Al-Mawdu’a (No. 3274) of Imaam Al-Albani, where he said:
This hadith has been classed as maudu (fabricated). The hadith has often been sourced to Bukhari (as No. 6:19) and Tirmidhi (as No. 14:79), but is found in neither collection. The hadith is not found in any relied upon collection. The hadith can be found in ''Silsilatu Al-Ahaadeeth Ad-Daeefa wa Al-Mawdu’a'' (the title refers to "the da'if and mawdu' hadiths") (No. 3274) of Imaam Al-Albani, one of the most famous hadith scholars of recent times, where he writes:


{{Quote||Verily when a man looks at his wife and she looks at him, Allaah will look at them both with glance of Mercy, when he takes her hand their sins will be wiped away thru their fingers” (This is) fabricated, reported by Ar-Raafi’iy in his Taarikh (2/47) commenting on Maysara bin ‘Aliy in his Mashaykha with its chain of narration from Al-Hussain bin Mu’aadh Al-Khurasaaniy who narrated from Ismaa’eel bin Yahya At-Taymiy from Mis’ar bin Kidaam from Al-‘Awfiy from Abiy Sa’eed Al-Khudriy who said: The messenger of Allaah peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him: and the he mentioned the hadeeth: I say (regarding this hadeeth): This is fabricated, damaged by this At-Taymiy, he is known to fabricate ahadeeth and he has false and troublesome narrations which some of it were already mentioned, and Husain bin Mu’aadh is almost like him, Al-Khateeb said (regarding him): He is not trustworthy and his hadeeth is fabricated.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://ummuabdulazeez.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/fabricated-hadeeth-warning/|title= Fabricated Hadeeth Warning|publisher= Talibatul `ilm|author= Umm Abdulazeez, Abu AbdirRahmaan (Trans.)|date= April 19, 2012|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://ummuabdulazeez.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/fabricated-hadeeth-warning/&date=2012-11-17|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}
{{Quote||Verily when a man looks at his wife and she looks at him, Allaah will look at them both with glance of Mercy, when he takes her hand their sins will be wiped away thru their fingers” (This is) fabricated, reported by Ar-Raafi’iy in his Taarikh (2/47) commenting on Maysara bin ‘Aliy in his Mashaykha with its chain of narration from Al-Hussain bin Mu’aadh Al-Khurasaaniy who narrated from Ismaa’eel bin Yahya At-Taymiy from Mis’ar bin Kidaam from Al-‘Awfiy from Abiy Sa’eed Al-Khudriy who said: The messenger of Allaah peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him: and the he mentioned the hadeeth: I say (regarding this hadeeth): This is fabricated, damaged by this At-Taymiy, he is known to fabricate ahadeeth and he has false and troublesome narrations which some of it were already mentioned, and Husain bin Mu’aadh is almost like him, Al-Khateeb said (regarding him): He is not trustworthy and his hadeeth is fabricated.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://ummuabdulazeez.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/fabricated-hadeeth-warning/|title= Fabricated Hadeeth Warning|publisher= Talibatul `ilm|author= Umm Abdulazeez, Abu AbdirRahmaan (Trans.)|date= April 19, 2012|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://ummuabdulazeez.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/fabricated-hadeeth-warning/&date=2012-11-17|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}
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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’).<ref name="Ibn Taymiyyah">{{cite web|url= http://www.islamicemirate.com/articles/hadith/2019-ibn-taymiyyah-refutes-many-sufi-weak-aamp-fabricated-hadiths.html|title= Ibn Taymiyyah Refutes Many Sufi Weak & Fabricated Hadiths|publisher= IslamicEmirate|author= |series= (from: Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, 5/88-93)|date= accessed November 20, 2011|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.islamicemirate.com/articles/hadith/2019-ibn-taymiyyah-refutes-many-sufi-weak-aamp-fabricated-hadiths.html&date=2011-11-20|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}
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’).<ref name="Ibn Taymiyyah">{{cite web|url= http://www.islamicemirate.com/articles/hadith/2019-ibn-taymiyyah-refutes-many-sufi-weak-aamp-fabricated-hadiths.html|title= Ibn Taymiyyah Refutes Many Sufi Weak & Fabricated Hadiths|publisher= IslamicEmirate|author= |series= (from: Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, 5/88-93)|date= accessed November 20, 2011|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.islamicemirate.com/articles/hadith/2019-ibn-taymiyyah-refutes-many-sufi-weak-aamp-fabricated-hadiths.html&date=2011-11-20|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}


====To love your country is a part of Iman (your faith)====
====To love your country is a part of Iman (faith)====


This hadith has been classed as maudu (fabricated).
This hadith has been classed as maudu (fabricated).
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Related by Ibn Asaakir and classified fabricated by ad-Daar Qutnee who said a liar was found in the chain of transmitters by the name of Muhammad Ibn Zakaria Al Ghulaabi.<ref name="100Fabr">{{cite web|url= http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/books/100FabricatedHadith.pdf|title= 100 Fabricated Hadiths|publisher= Darul Islam Publishers|author= Shaikh Abdullah Faisal|date= 2000|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/books/100FabricatedHadith.pdf&date=2011-11-20|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}
Related by Ibn Asaakir and classified fabricated by ad-Daar Qutnee who said a liar was found in the chain of transmitters by the name of Muhammad Ibn Zakaria Al Ghulaabi.<ref name="100Fabr">{{cite web|url= http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/books/100FabricatedHadith.pdf|title= 100 Fabricated Hadiths|publisher= Darul Islam Publishers|author= Shaikh Abdullah Faisal|date= 2000|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/books/100FabricatedHadith.pdf&date=2011-11-20|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}


====Muhammad's parents brought to life so they could go to heaven====
====Muhammad's parents were brought to life so they could enter heaven====


According to sahih narrations, Muhammad's parents, and even his supportive uncle,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cmje.org/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/023-sbt.php#002.023.442|title= Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 23 - Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz), Number 442|publisher= USC-MSA, [[Compendium of Muslim Texts]]|author= M. Muhsin Khan (Trans.)|date= accessed November 20, 2011|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.cmje.org/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/023-sbt.php#002.023.442&date=2011-11-20|deadurl=no}}</ref> are in eternal hell-fire. Anything to the contrary (i.e. claims that they were brought back to life so they could die as Muslims and go to heaven) have been classed as fabricated or very weak.
According to sahih narrations, Muhammad's parents, and even his supportive uncle,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cmje.org/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/023-sbt.php#002.023.442|title= Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 23 - Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz), Number 442|publisher= USC-MSA, [[Compendium of Muslim Texts]]|author= M. Muhsin Khan (Trans.)|date= accessed November 20, 2011|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.cmje.org/religious-texts/hadith/bukhari/023-sbt.php#002.023.442&date=2011-11-20|deadurl=no}}</ref> are in eternal [[Jahannam (Hell)|hell-fire]]. Anything to the contrary (i.e. claims that they were brought back to life so they could die as Muslims and go to heaven) has been classed as fabricated or very weak.


{{Quote||There is no saheeh hadeeth which says that Allaah, may He be exalted, brought the parents of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) back to life, and that they believed in him then died. Rather the saheeh ahaadeeth that have been narrated indicated that they died in kufr and that they are among the people of Hell.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/70297/fabricated%2520hadeeth|title= How sound is the hadeeth about the parents of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) being brought back to life?|publisher= Islam Q&A|author= |series=Fatwa No. 70297|date= accessed January 31, 2012|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/70297/fabricated%2520hadeeth&date=2012-01-31|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}
{{Quote||There is no saheeh hadeeth which says that Allaah, may He be exalted, brought the parents of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) back to life, and that they believed in him then died. Rather the saheeh ahaadeeth that have been narrated indicated that they died in kufr and that they are among the people of Hell.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/70297/fabricated%2520hadeeth|title= How sound is the hadeeth about the parents of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) being brought back to life?|publisher= Islam Q&A|author= |series=Fatwa No. 70297|date= accessed January 31, 2012|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/70297/fabricated%2520hadeeth&date=2012-01-31|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}
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===Miscellaneous===
===Miscellaneous===
====The Sun is always setting and rising====
====The Sun is always setting and rising====
Dr Zagloul el-Naggar is an author who writes about alleged science in the Qur'an. He is a well known liar and fabricator<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/04/214514/moroccan-students-questions-leave-islamic-scholar-speechless/ | title= Moroccan Students’ Questions Leave Islamic Scholar Speechless | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6qGEFEOKm}}</ref>. One such fabrication propogated by el-Naggar is the following hadith:
Dr Zagloul el-Naggar is an author who writes about 'science in the Qur'an'. He is widely regarded as one who fabricates hadiths and misrepresents the Islamic tradition<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/04/214514/moroccan-students-questions-leave-islamic-scholar-speechless/ | title= Moroccan Students’ Questions Leave Islamic Scholar Speechless | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6qGEFEOKm}}</ref>.


{{Quote|1=Dr Zaghlul el-Naggar, Treasures of the Sunnah: A Scientific Approach - Part Two, p.9|2=Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet was asked:
{{Quote|1=Dr Zaghlul el-Naggar, Treasures of the Sunnah: A Scientific Approach - Part Two, p.9|2=Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet was asked:
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"Where does the sun set, and where does it rise from? The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) answered, "It is going in a (nonstop) regular motion; it does not cease or disappear. It sets in one place and rises in another, and sets in another place and rises elsewhere and so on. So, some people would say the sun has set and others would say it has just risen (at the same moment)."}}
"Where does the sun set, and where does it rise from? The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) answered, "It is going in a (nonstop) regular motion; it does not cease or disappear. It sets in one place and rises in another, and sets in another place and rises elsewhere and so on. So, some people would say the sun has set and others would say it has just risen (at the same moment)."}}


The IslamQA website has confirmed that this is a fabricated hadith based on the Arabic wording and because Abu Ishaq al-Hamadhani is not known to have compiled any book of sunnah<ref>https://islamqa.info/en/145202</ref>.
Islamic scholars, pace Dr. el-Naggar, have identified the above as a fabricated hadith, pointing out that Abu Ishaq al-Hamadhani is not known to have compiled any book of sunnah<ref>https://islamqa.info/en/145202</ref>.


====Muslim rulers====
====Muslim rulers====
{{Quote|Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1037|He who has been a ruler over ten people will be brought shackled on the Day of Resurrection, until the justice (by which he ruled) loosens his chains or tyranny brings him to destruction. }}
{{Quote||He who has been a ruler over ten people will be brought shackled on the Day of Resurrection, until the justice (by which he ruled) loosens his chains or tyranny brings him to destruction. (Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1037)}}


The real Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 1037 is about funerals.
The above hadith is located in al-Tirmidhi, despite being sourced as such. The hadith actually recorded as {{Al Tirmidhi||2|8|1037}} regards funerals rather than resurrection.


==Mistranslated Hadiths==
==Mistranslated Hadiths==
==='Aisha reached puberty before consumating her marriage===
==='Aisha reached puberty before consumating her marriage===


'Aisha lived with her parents before her marriage to Muhammad was consumated at the age of 9 ({{Muslim|8|3310}}). The following mistranslation is used to claim she reached puberty while she still lived there.
'Aisha lived with her parents before her marriage to Muhammad was consummated at the age of 9 ({{Muslim|8|3310}}). The following mistranslation is often presented as evidence that she reached puberty while she still lived there.


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|8|465}}| Narrated `Aisha:
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|8|465}}| Narrated `Aisha:
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(the wife of the Prophet) I had seen my parents following Islam since I attained the age of puberty. Not a day passed but the Prophet (ﷺ) visited us, both in the mornings and evenings...}}
(the wife of the Prophet) I had seen my parents following Islam since I attained the age of puberty. Not a day passed but the Prophet (ﷺ) visited us, both in the mornings and evenings...}}


The word أَعْقِلْ means to use thoughts or reasoning, but the translator Muhsin Khan has used the word 'puberty'. The meaning rather is simply that 'Aisha was never aware of a time when her parents were not Muslim. A literal translation would be "I was not aware of my parents other than that the two of them both acknowledged the religion" (لَمْ أَعْقِلْ أَبَوَىَّ إِلاَّ وَهُمَا يَدِينَانِ الدِّينَ).
The word أَعْقِلْ means to use thoughts or reasoning, but the translator Muhsin Khan has used the word 'puberty'. The meaning rather is that 'Aisha was never aware of a time when her parents were not Muslim. A literal translation would be "I was not aware of my parents other than that the two of them both acknowledged the religion" (لَمْ أَعْقِلْ أَبَوَىَّ إِلاَّ وَهُمَا يَدِينَانِ الدِّينَ).


The same Arabic phrase is translated as follows in another hadith by the same translator:
The same Arabic phrase is translated as follows in another hadith by the same translator:
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(the wife of the Prophet) "I do not remember my parents believing in any religion other than the Religion (of Islam), and our being visited by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the morning and in the evening....}}
(the wife of the Prophet) "I do not remember my parents believing in any religion other than the Religion (of Islam), and our being visited by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the morning and in the evening....}}


See also the two other occurrances, {{Bukhari|3|37|494}} and {{Bukhari|5|58|245}}.
See also the two other occurrences in {{Bukhari|3|37|494}} and {{Bukhari|5|58|245}}.


In any case, the 'puberty' mistranslation makes no chronological sense. 'Aisha's father, Abu Bakr, was one of Muhammad's first followers. It would not have taken until puberty for 'Aisha to notice that her father followed the religion.
The 'puberty' mistranslation also fails to achieve chronological sensibility. 'Aisha's father, Abu Bakr, was one of Muhammad's first followers. It would not have taken until puberty for 'Aisha to notice that her father followed the religion.
 
==Misquoted hadith==
 
{{Quote|{{cite web quotebox|url=https://sunnah.com/nasai/43/86 |title=Sunan An-Nasai 43:86 |publisher= |author= |date= |archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}|It was narrated that 'Amr bin Sharid said: "I heard Sharid say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say: Whoever kills a small bird for no reason, it will beseech Allah on the Day of Resurrection saying: O Lord, so and so killed me for no reason. '''And he did not kill me for any beneficial purpose.'''" (Hasan)}}
 
Muslim propagandists and even Sufis quote this hadith without the highlighted part, obviously because it may imply that birds don't mind getting killed for some beneficial purpose.


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