268 hadith
Speak to people according to what they can understand. Would you want Allah and His Messenger to be called liars?
البخاري 127SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Let me not find any one of you, when a hadith from me reaches him while he is reclining on his couch, saying, 'Recite to me a Quranic verse instead.' Whatever good comes to you from me, whether I actually…
أحمد 10269DaifI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say from this very pulpit, "People, beware of speaking too much about me. Whoever speaks on my behalf must say nothing but the truth, or what is accurate. Whoever attributes to me what I did not say, let him…
الأعظمي 1263HasanI heard Maslama bin Muqlid, while he was seated on the pulpit addressing the people, saying, "People, do you not have enough in cotton and linen to spare you from silk? Here is a man among you who will tell you about the Messenger of Allah.…
الأعظمي 1264SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Convey from me even a single verse. Narrate from the Children of Israil, there is no harm in that. But whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire."
الأعظمي 8275SahihAli [[r1]] said, "When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, by Allah, I would rather fall from the sky than lie about him. But when I speak to you about matters between us, then war is deception. I heard the Messenger of…
البخاري 6930SahihAli said, "When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, by Allah, I would rather fall from the sky than lie about him. But when I speak to you concerning matters between me and you, then war is deception. I heard the…
الأعظمي 7679SahihI came to Medina and met Aslam, the freed slave of Umar bin Khattab [[r1]]. I said to him, "Tell me about Umar." He replied, "I cannot. I fear that I might add something or leave something out. Whenever we asked Umar [[r1]], 'Tell us about…
أحمد 326DaifPeople, do you not have in cotton and linen enough to free you from needing silk? Here is a man among you who can tell you about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Stand up, Uqba. So Uqba bin Amir stood up, and I was listening. He said, "I heard the…
أحمد 17431SahihUbaydullah bin Ziyad summoned me, so I went to him. He asked, "What are these hadith you narrate and transmit from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ which we do not find in the Book of Allah [[r4]]? You claim he has a basin in Paradise!" He replied,…
الأعظمي 856SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Convey from me even a single verse. Narrate from the Children of Israil, there is no harm in it. But whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire."
الأعظمي 1181SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Convey from me even a single verse. Narrate from the Children of Israil, there is no harm in it. But whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire."
الأعظمي 1261SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Convey from me even a single verse. Narrate from the Children of Israil, there is no harm in it. But whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire."
الأعظمي 8176SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "You will be granted victory, you will attain your aims, and lands will be opened for you. Whoever among you lives to see that, let him fear Allah, command what is right, and forbid what is wrong. And…
الترمذي 2257SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever lies about me will have a house built for him in the Fire."
أحمد 6309SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever lies about me, a house will be built for him in the Fire."
أحمد 5798SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever lies about me will have a house built for him in the Fire."
أحمد 4742SahihI came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was in a red tent. Abdul-Malik said it was made of leather. He was with about forty men. He said, "Victory will be opened up for you, you will be given divine help, and you will achieve your aims. So whoever…
أحمد 3801HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Ibrahim [[r0]] never told a lie except three times, two of which were for the sake of Allah [[r4]], and his statement about Sarah, 'She is my sister.'"
الأعظمي 6642SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say from this pulpit, "People, beware of narrating too much from me. Whoever speaks about me must say nothing but the truth and what is accurate. Whoever attributes to me what I did not say, let him take his…
أحمد 22538HasanUbaydullah bin Ziyad sent for me, so I went to him. He said, "What are these reports you keep narrating from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that we cannot find in the Book of Allah [[r4]]? You claim he has a basin in Paradise!" He replied, "The…
الأعظمي 1265SahihAli [[r1]] said, "When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would rather fall from the sky than lie about him. But when I narrate to you from anyone else, I am only a man at war, and war is deception." I heard the…
أحمد 912SahihAli said, "When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would rather fall from the sky than lie about him. But when I speak to you about matters between ourselves, then war is deception. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
أبو داود 4767SahihAli [[r1]] said, "When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would rather fall from the sky than lie about him. But when I narrate to you about anyone else, I am simply a man at war, and war is deception. I heard the…
أحمد 616SahihWhile I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a Jewish man came to him and asked, "Muhammad, does this funeral bier speak?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Allah knows best." The Jewish man said, "I bear witness that it does speak."…
أحمد 17226DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Narrate from me, but do not lie about me. Whoever deliberately lies about me has prepared his seat in the Fire. And narrate from the Children of Israil, there is no harm in that."
الأعظمي 8276SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not lie about me, for whoever lies about me, let him enter the Fire."
الأعظمي 9638SahihAbu Kabsha al-Saluli came toward us while we were in the mosque, and Makhul, Ibn Abu Zakariyya, and Abu Bahriyya rose to meet him. He said, "I heard Abdullah bin Amr say, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Convey from me, even if it is…
أحمد 7006SahihI said to my father, Zubayr bin Awwam [[r1]], "Why do you not narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He replied, "I never parted from him from the time I embraced Islam, but I heard him say one statement. I heard him say, 'Whoever lies…
أحمد 1428SahihI witnessed Mughira bin Shuba go out one day, ascend the pulpit, praise Allah and extol Him, and then say, "What is this wailing for the dead in Islam?" A man from the Ansar had died and was being mourned with loud wailing. He continued, "I…
أحمد 18202SahihAnas said, "What prevents me from narrating many hadith to you is that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.'"
البخاري 108SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire."
الأعظمي 1259SahihWere it not that I fear making a mistake, I would relate to you things I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. But he said, "Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire." Hashim said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said…
أحمد 12764SahihUbaydullah bin Ziyad summoned me, so I went to him. He said, "What are these reports you narrate and pass on from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ which we cannot find in the Book of Allah? You claim that he has a Pool in Paradise." I replied, "The…
أحمد 19266SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Convey from me, even if it be a single verse. Narrate from the Children of Israil, there is no harm in that. But whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire."
البخاري 3461SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say from this pulpit, "Beware of narrating too much from me. Whoever speaks of me, let him speak only the truth, and whoever attributes to me what I did not say, let him take his seat in the Fire."
ابن ماجه 35HasanWe were sitting and writing down what we heard from the Prophet ﷺ when he came out to us and asked, "What is this you are writing?" We replied, "What we hear from you." He said, "A book alongside the Book of Allah?" We said, "Whatever we…
أحمد 11092SahihAli [[r1]] said, "When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would rather fall from the sky to the earth than attribute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ something he did not say. But war is deception."
أحمد 1127SahihAli reported, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Lying about me is not like lying about anyone else. Whoever lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire."
الأعظمي 1258SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Be cautious about narrating from me except what you know for certain. Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire. And whoever speaks about the Quran based on his own opinion, let him take his…
الترمذي 2951DaifAli said, "When I narrate to you something from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would rather fall from the sky than lie about him. But when I speak to you about matters between ourselves, then know that war is deception." I heard the Messenger…
البخاري 3611SahihAbu Jahl said to the Prophet ﷺ, "We do not call you a liar, but we reject what you have brought." So Allah, the Most High, revealed, *"For indeed, they do not call you a liar, but it is the verses of Allah that the wrongdoers reject"* [Anam…
الترمذي 3064DaifWhat prevents me from narrating to you many hadith is that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire."
الأعظمي 1257SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "When a servant tells a lie, the angel moves a mile away from him because of the foul stench of what he has uttered." Yahya said that Abd al-Rahim bin Harun confirmed this, saying, "Yes."
الترمذي 1972DaifThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not lie about me, for whoever lies about me shall enter the Fire."
الأعظمي 1255SahihIyas bin Muawiya asked me, saying, "I see that you have devoted yourself to the knowledge of the Quran. Recite a surah to me and explain it, so I may see what you have learned." So I did. Then he said to me, "Remember what I tell you.…
مسلم 13SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not lie about me, for whoever lies about me will enter the Fire."
أحمد 629SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not lie about me, for whoever lies about me will enter the Fire."
أحمد 630SahihI heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Whoever attributes to me what I did not say, let him take his seat in the Fire."
البخاري 109SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not lie about me, for whoever lies about me will enter the Fire."
أحمد 1292SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not lie about me, for whoever lies about me will enter the Fire."
البخاري 106SahihI heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "Woe to the one who tells a tale to make people laugh and lies in doing so. Woe to him! Woe to him!"
الترمذي 2315HasanHe heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Convey from me, even if it be a single verse. Narrate from the Children of Israil, there is no harm in that. But whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire."
أحمد 6486SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Be cautious about narrating from me anything except what you know with certainty. Whoever speaks falsely about the Quran without knowledge, let him take his seat in the Fire."
أحمد 3024DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire."
أحمد 16506SahihAli said, "When I narrate to you something from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I would rather fall from the sky than attribute to him what he did not say. But when I speak to you about matters between you and me, then know that war is…
الأعظمي 15829SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The greatest of fabrications are three: that a man fabricates against his own eyes by claiming he saw something he did not see, that he fabricates against his parents by attributing himself to someone…
أحمد 16008SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Narrate from me, but do not lie about me. Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire. And narrate from the Children of Israil, there is no harm in that."
أحمد 11424SahihWe were with Mughira bin Shuba [[r1]] in the mosque, and the people of Kufa were with him, when Saeed bin Zayd [[r1]] arrived. Mughira made room for him and said, "Come, sit here," seating him beside himself on the couch. Saeed bin Zayd…
الأعظمي 1266SahihI will not attribute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ today what he did not say. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Whoever attributes to me what I did not say, let him take his seat in the Fire."
أحمد 17790Sahih