Tuesday, May 29, 2012

33. Lies and Fabrication in Religion


RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “Approaching the end of time, there will be dajjaloon (people who pretend to be something they’re not – imposters). They present you with talk that you did not hear and your fathers never heard before. Beware of them. Don’t let them mislead you and misguide you.”

These are people who might come in the cloak of religion and they attribute things to Islam that don’t belong to it. They make these things up. That is why they are called dajjaloon; they lie.

The linguistic meaning of dajjaal is extreme lie. It is important to verify things in religion. Don’t be a blind follower. No matter how knowledgeable or great the shaykh is, information of the religion must be verified.

Imaam Maalik said, “Everyone, you take and leave from their words, except RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.”

Verification of the religion is very important, especially when there is fabrication of hadith. The Qur’aan is not fabricated. Hadith are fabricated. Even the hadith are protected, if you put the effort in to verify them.

In a narration by Muslim, Ibn Mas’ood said, “Shaytaan would present himself in the form of a man; he would speak to the people and they leave and they would convey.” So it is very important to verify where we get our information from.

Ridiculous things are circulating in the Muslim Ummah that has no basis in the religion.


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