Mawdu' (Fabricated) and Daif (Weak) Hadiths: Difference between revisions

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'''Mawdu'''' (fabricated) hadiths are a specific variety of '''da'if''' (weak/unreliable) [[Hadith|hadiths]]. While a da'if hadith does not have to be mawdu' (as a hadith may be considered unreliable for reasons other than fabrication), a hadith that is identified as mawdu' (that is, as a fabrication), then it must consequently be da'if. The term da'if, like the term sahih, describes a final evaluative judgement about a narration rather than specifying the reasoning for the judgement. Also, because there are more ways for a hadith to be unreliable than reliable, there is greater diversity of reasons for which a hadith maybe da'if (by contrast, while there are different types of sahih hadith, the number of distinct types is much more limited). Among the different reasons for which a hadith can be da'if, being identified as an outright fabrication is perhaps the strongest form of weakness on the basis of which a hadith can be rejected (other forms of weakness include, for instance, a hadith being ''mursal'', which means that the companion narrating the hadith from Muhammad is missing in the chain of transmitters, although it can get a lot more complicated than this, particularly when multiple hadiths with the same/similar message are considered together).  

Grade: Da'if (Darussalam)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://sunnah.com/urn/1268620|title= The Chapters on Legal Punishments - كتاب الحدود |publisher= Sunnah.com|author= Sunan Ibn Majah|series= English ref: Vol. 3, Book 20, Hadith 2545, Arabic ref: Book 20, Hadith 2642|date= accessed March 28, 2014|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsunnah.com%2Furn%2F1268620&date=2014-03-28|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}

===Jihad===

====The one who knows himself, knows his Lord====

{{Quote||As-Sakhaawee said, "Abu al-Mudhaffar as-Sama’aanee said, ‘this is not known as a hadeeth of the Messenger, rather it is only related as a saying of Yahya bin Mu’aadh ar-Raazee.’ And likewise an-Nawawee said, ‘it is not established’" [‘al-Maqaasid al-Hasanah’ (pg. 491 no.1149)]

{{Quote||This book is a collection of some of the selected sermons of the Holy Prophet which include long as well short ones as the situation demanded. They were not available in the form of Khutbas but have been derived from various books of Ahadith and history. It is only recently that some of these have appeared in book-forms along with original texts and translation in Urdu; '''but the authenticity of the texts thereof is still doubted by ulema'''. On English language, they are hardly available. So an attempt has been made not only to have them translated in English but also to find out circumstances under which they were delivered so that their delivery date could be ascertained and an elucidation made thereof. How far I have succeeded in my undertaking rests to be adjudged by the readers. Any suggestion or comment shall, '''however be welcomed to improve upon it'''.}}

Hadith references which are often cited as sources for this version of the sermon are either misrepresented (i.e. they have nothing to say on the sermon)<ref>See [{{Reference archive|1=http://bjhollingum.blogspot.com/2010/05/farewell-sermon.html|2=2011-03-01}} this] blog post titled, "The Farewell Sermon", for more details.</ref> or refer to the sermon that most fits al-Tabari's rendition with regard to beating women and such topics.<ref>For example; [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.quranandscience.com/jewels-from-prophet/240-the-last-sermon-khutbah-of-prophet-muhammad-farewell-sermon.html|2=2011-06-11}} this site] lists al-Tirmidhi as one of the sources. However in Tirmidhi we find the farewell command to beat women, and that they are "like prisoners" in the hands of men. The same is found in the farewell sermon in {{Abu Dawud||1905|darussalam}}). It seems that Farzi has deliberately ommitted these words in the corresponding section of his version of the sermon. For further details, see: [[The Farewell Sermon#Related Text|The Farewell Sermon/ Related Text]]</ref>

===Miscellaneous===

====The Sun is always setting and rising====

{{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||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)}}

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