Da'eef (weak) hadeeths, Dought & clear, - * The Hadeeth About the Bedouin Who Said: “If He asks me, I will ask Him” He Will Ask Allah Questions

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I would like to ask about the meaning of the hadeeth of the Bedouin who spoke to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and when speaking about Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, he said: “If He questions me, I will question Him; if He asks me about my sins, I will ask Him about His forgiveness…”
I think you know the rest of the hadeeth. Is this hadeeth saheeh (authentic)?
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Praise be to Allah.
This hadeeth is one of the haadeeths that are widespread among people but are falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
Shaykh Hatim al-Shareef was asked about it and he said:
The hadeeth mentioned is a good example of the haadeeths which are obviously false and fabricated, and it displays poor style, weak composition and ugly meanings. Anyone who has any knowledge of the Sunnah and its splendour will have no doubt that this cannot be a saheeh hadeeth (authentic narration) that is proven to be from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). I did not find it with this wording, and I wish that the questioner had told us of the source where he found this hadeeth so that we could warn the people against it.
But Abu Hamid al-Ghazaali, as was his wont (may Allah forgive him) narrated a false hadeeth in Ihya ‘Uloom al-Deen (4/130) that is similar in content to the hadeeth asked about here. In it, it says that a Bedouin said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): “O Messenger of Allah, who will be in charge of bringing the people to account on the Day of Resurrection?” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Allah, may He be blessed and exalted.” He said: “He Himself?” He said: “Yes.” The Bedouin smiled and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Why are you smiling, O Bedouin?” He said: “When the Most Generous is in a position to punish, He forgives, and when He brings to account, He pardons …”
Al-‘Iraqi said concerning this hadeeth: I could not find any source for it. al-Subki mentioned it among the hadeeths for which he did not find any isnad (chain of transmission). (Takhreej Ahadeeth al-Ihya, no. 3466; Tabaqat al-Shafi’iyyah al-Kubra 6/346). Nevertheless, there are many texts in the Quran and saheeh Sunnah which speak of the vastness of Allah’s mercy and the greatness of His pardon, and His acceptance of repentance and His answering prayers for forgiveness.
Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And verily, I am indeed forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates none in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant in doing them (till his death).”
[Ta-Ha 20:82]
“And He it is Who accepts repentance from His slaves, and forgives sins, and He knows what you do.”
[al-Shoora 42:25]
“… and My Mercy embraces all things. That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are the Muttaqoon (the pious), and give Zakah (the poor-due); and those who believe in Our ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs and revelations, etc.).”
[al-A’raf 7:156]
In Saheeh al-Bukhari (7554) and Saheeh Muslim (2751) it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Allah wrote down a decree before He created the universe: ‘My mercy prevails over My wrath.’” And Allah knows best.

PUBLISHERM.NajimudeeN. MD,IRI

Da'eef (weak) hadeeths, Dought & clear, - * The hadeeth, “If you criticize people they will criticize you”

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Please tell us about the level of soundness of the hadeeth which is narrated from Abu’l-Darda’ (may Allaah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “If you criticize people they will criticize you, and if you leave them alone they will leave you alone” and where we can find it. I was told that it is in Saheeh al-Bukhaari but I cannot find it.
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Praise be to Allaah.
The hadeeth of Abu’l-Darda’ mentioned here is not inSaheeh al-Bukhaari.
There are several versions of it, such as: “If you keep away from people they will keep away from you, and if you flee from them they will catch up with you, and if you leave them alone they will not leave you alone.” He said: What should I do? He said: “Give up your honour (i.e., do not retaliate if it is impuged), until the Day of your utmost need (the Day of Resurrection, when you can settle the score).” This is different from the version mentioned in the question.
This was narrated by Ibn ‘Asaakir inTaareekh Dimashq(47/178, 179) via Faraj ibn Faddaalah from Luqmaan ibn ‘Aamir from Abu’l-Darda’.
Its isnaad is da’eef because Faraj ibn Faddaalah is da’eef (weak) and the narration of Luqmaan ibn ‘Aamir from Abu’l-Darda’ is munqati’ (interrupted).
See:Tahdheeb al-Tahdheeb(8/456) andal-Taqreeb(2/107).
Moreover there was some confusion about the isnaad because the same words with the same isnaad were narrated from Abu’l-Darda’, stopping with him, and it was narrated as being from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
It was narrated by Ibn ‘Asaakir inTareekh Dimashq(47/178).
Then Ibn ‘Asaakir narrated it (47/179) via Anas ibn ‘Iyaad from Yahya ibn Sa’eed who said: Abu’l-Darda’ said … a mawqoof report (i.e., it stops with Abu’l-Darda’ and does not go back to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)).
And its isnaad is munqati’ (interrupted). Ibn al-Madeeni said of Yahya ibn Sa’eed al-Ansaari: I do not know whether he heard it from any Sahaabah other than Anas.
Al-Tahdheebby Ibn Asaakir (11/223).
It was also narrated from the hadeeth of Abu Umaamah (may Allaah be pleased with him).
And it was narrated by al-Tabaraani inal-Mu’jam al-Kabeer(8/126) no. 7575 and by Abu ‘Amr al-Daani inal-Sunan al-Waaridah fi’l-Fitan(219) and by Ibn ‘Asaakir inTareekh Dimashq(24/17).
Its isnaad is da’eef; it includes Baqiyah ibn al-Waleed who is mudallis, and Sadaqah ibn ‘Abd-Allaah al-Sameen, who is da’eef.
See:Majma’ al-Zawaa’idby al-Haythami (7/285).
It was also narrated by al-Daani and Ibn ‘Asaakir with the wording: “If you speak to them they will speak to you.” Ibn al-Atheer said: i.e., if you say something to them they will say something to you. And in another narration it says; “if you criticize them they will criticize you.”
Al-Nihaayah(5/92).
But this report was proven to be the words of Abu Muslim al-Khawlaani, who said: The people were like leaves of a tree with no thorn among them, but today they are thorns with no leaves. If you revile them they will revile you and if you criticize them they will criticize you, and if you leave them alone they will leave you alone.”
Narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah inal-Musannaf(7/206); Ibn Abi ‘Aasim inal-Zuhd(1/367); Abu Nu’aym inal-Hilyah(2/123) and Ibn ‘Asaakir inTareekh Dimashq(27/228).

PUBLISHERM.NajimudeeN. MD,IRI

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தமிழகத் தலைவர் ஜெயலலிதாவின் மறைவையொட்டி, மத்திய அரசு இன்று (செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை) ஒருநாள் தேச அளவில் துக்கம் அனுசரிப்பதாக அறிவித்துள்ளது.
உடல்நலக் குறைவு காரணமாக கடந்த 75 நாட்களாக அப்போலோ மருத்துவமனையில்சிகிச்சை பெற்று வந்த ஜெயலலிதாவின் உயிர் திங்கட்கிழமை இரவு 11.30 மணிக்கு பிரிந்தது. அவரது உடலுக்கு பொதுமக்கள், தலைவர்கள் என பல தரப்பினரும் அஞ்சலி செலுத்தி வருகின்றன.
இந்நிலையில், மத்திய அரசு இன்று ஒருநாள் துக்கம் அனுசரிப்பதாக அறிவித்துள்ளது.அதன்படி, இன்று ஒருநாள் தேசியக் கொடி அரைக்கம்பத்தில்பறக்கவிடப்படுகிறது. அரசு நிகழ்ச்சிகள் எதுவும் நடக்காது.