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

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|3|106}}, See also: {{Bukhari|1|3|108}}, {{Bukhari|1|3|109}}, and {{Bukhari|1|3|110}}|Narrated 'Ali:  

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|3|107}}|Narrated 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair:  

The following hadith, where Umar attempts to limit the [[Mahr]], is often presented as evidence that women were politically and socially active in early Islamic societies.

====Lesser vs Greater Jihad====

{{Main|Lesser vs Greater Jihad}}

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|4|52|50}}|The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah's Cause ["''fi sabil Allah''" is commonly used in Islamic scriptures to refer to Jihad] in the forenoon or in the afternoon is better than the world and whatever is in it."}}

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''".

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 {{Abudawud||1900|hasan}}). 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>

{{Quote|{{Tabari|9|pp. 112-113}}|O people, listen to my words. I do not know whether I shall ever meet you again in this place after this year. O people, your blood and your property are sacrosanct until you meet your Lord, just as this day and this month of yours are sacred. Surely you will meet your Lord and He will question you about your deeds. I have [already] made this known. Let he who has a pledge return it to the one who entrusted him with it; all usury is abolished, but your capital belongs to you. Wrong not and you shall not be wronged. Allah has decreed that there will be no usury, and the usury of Abbas b. Abd al-Muttalib is abolished, all of it. All blood shed in the pre-Islamic days is to be left unavenged. The first such claim I revoke is that of Ibn Rabiah b. al-Harith b. Abd al-Muttalib, who was nursed among the Banu Layth and was slain by the Banu Hudhayl. His is the first blood shed in the pre-Islamic days with which I shall set an example. O people, indeed Satan despairs of ever being worshipped in this land of yours. He will be pleased, however, if he is obeyed in a thing other than that, in matters you minimize. So beware of him in your religion, O people, intercalculating a month is an increase in unbelief whereby the unbelievers go astray; one year they make it profane, and hallow it another [in order] to agree with the number that Allah has hallowed, and so profane what Allah has hallowed, and hallow what Allah has made profane. Time has completed its cycle [and is] as it was on the day that Allah created the heavens and the earth. The number of the months with Allah is twelve; [they were] in the Book of Allah on the day He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred, the three consecutive [months] and the Rajab [which is the month of] Mudar, which is between Jumada and Sha’ban. <BR><BR>Now then, O people, you have a right over your wives and they have a right over you. You have [the right] that they should not cause anyone of whom you dislike to tread on your beds; and that they should not commit any open indecency. '''If they do, then Allah permits you to shut them in separate rooms and to beat them''', but not severely. If they abstain from [evil], they have the right to their food and clothing in accordance with the custom. Treat women well, '''for they are [like] domestic animals with you and do not possess anything for themselves.''' You have taken them only as a trust from Allah, and you have made the enjoyment of their persons lawful by the word of Allah, so understand and listen to my words, O people. I have conveyed the Message, and have left you with something which, if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray; that is, the Book of Allah and the sunnah of his Prophet. Listen to my words, O people, for I have conveyed the Message and understand [it]. Know for certain that every Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, and that all Muslims are brethren. It is not lawful for a person [to take] from his brother except that which he has given him willingly, so do not wrong yourselves. O Allah, have I not conveyed the message?}}

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.