“While he was on this pulpit, I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: ‘ Beware of narrating too many Ahadith from me. Whoever attributes something to me, let him speak the truth faithfully. Whoever attributes to say something that I did not say, let him take his place in Hell.”
“I said to Zubair bin Awwam: ‘Why do I not hear you narrating Ahadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as I hear Ibn Mas’ud and so-and-so and so-and-so?’ He said: ‘I never left him from the time I became Muslim, but I heard him say a word: ‘Whoever tells a lie about me deliberately, […]
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever tells lies about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever tells lies about me’, I (the narrator) think that he also said ‘deliberately’, let him take his place in Hell.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever tells lies about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever tells lies about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Do not tell lies about me, for telling lies about me leads to Hell (Fire).”
“I heard Ash-Sha’bi saying: ‘I sat with Ibn ‘Umar for a year and I did not hear him narrate anything from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)”
“I heard Ibn ‘Abbas saying: ‘We used to memorize Ahadith, and Ahadith were memorized from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). But if you go to the extremes of either exaggeration or negligence (in narrating Ahadith), there is no way we can trust your Ahadith.’”
“Umar bin Al-Khattab sent us to Kufah, and he accompanied us as far as a place called Sirar. He said: ‘Do you know why I walked with you?’ We said: ‘Because of the rights of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and because of the rights of the Ansar.’ He said: ‘No, rather it is because […]