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Q&A · Hadith

What is the punishment for attributing a false hadith to the Prophet?

Lying about the Prophet (peace be upon him) is among the gravest sins. He said, "Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire" — a narration so widely transmitted that the scholars graded it mutawatir, reported from more than sixty Companions and recorded by both al-Bukhari and Muslim. It was precisely to guard against such forgery that the early scholars built the science of isnad, so a fabricated (mawdu') report may never be presented as his speech. Even knowingly passing on a fabrication as if it were his falls under this warning.

Evidence — the daleel
Sahih al-Bukhari 110 (Kitab al-'Ilm) ṢaḥīḥSahih Muslim, Introduction (Muqaddimah)
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