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Riyad as-Salihin 1805 (Book 17, Hadith 295) #38294
False Claims and Fatherhood

SUMMARY: Making false claims or attributing fatherhood to someone who is not the real father is an act of disbelief and will lead to Hell.

Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: "A person who attributes his fatherhood to anyone other than his real father, knowing that he is not his father, commits an act of disbelief. And he who makes a claim of anything which in fact does not belong to him, is none of us. He should make his abode in Hell, and he who labels anyone as disbeliever or calls him the enemy of Allah and he is in fact not so, his charge will revert to him". Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
وعن أبي ذر رضي الله عنه أنه سمع رسول الله يقول‏:‏ “ليس من رجل ادعى لغير أبيه وهو يعلمه إلا كفر، ومن ادعى ما ليس له، فليس منا، وليتبوأ مقعده من النار، ومن دعا رجلاً بالكفر، أو قال‏:‏ عدو الله، وليس كذلك إلا حار عليه” ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه وهذا لفظ رواية مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

TOPICS
claim  *  fatherhood  *  disbelief  *  hell  *  kadhib  *  waladiyyah  *  kufr  *  jahannam

QUICK LESSONS:
Be honest with your words and actions; Do not attribute something to another person which does not belong to them; Do not label anyone as a disbeliever unless you know it for sure; Speak truthfully at all times; Be accountable for your words and actions.
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith warns us against making false claims or attributing fatherhood to someone who is not the real father. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said that anyone who does this commits an act of disbelief, which means they are no longer a Muslim. He also said that such a person should make their abode in Hell, meaning they will be punished for eternity in the afterlife. Furthermore, if someone labels another person as a disbeliever when they are actually not one, then this charge will revert back onto them. This hadith teaches us that we must be careful with our words and actions because we can be held accountable for them in both this life and the next.

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