LessonsTrust in Hadith, Seeking Knowledge, Sincerity, and Responsibility in Worship (Hadith 223–228)Quiz

مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
Translation: Whoever deliberately attributes a lie to me, let that person take their place in the Fire.

Source: البخاري

كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ means “attributed a lie to me.” The pronoun in عَلَيَّ refers to the Prophet ﷺ. مُتَعَمِّدًا describes deliberately doing so; grammatically it expresses the actor’s state (ḥāl). فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ contains the lām of command, but here the expression functions as a severe warning, not a recommendation to do something.

The warning concerns knowingly inventing words and presenting them as Prophetic speech. An unintentional mistake is not the same as deliberate fabrication, yet a discovered misquotation must still be corrected.

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Hadith 223: Falsely attributing words to the Prophet

Trust in Hadith, Seeking Knowledge, Sincerity, and Responsibility in Worship (Hadith 223–228)

مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
Translation: Whoever deliberately attributes a lie to me, let that person take their place in the Fire.

Source: البخاري

كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ means “attributed a lie to me.” The pronoun in عَلَيَّ refers to the Prophet ﷺ. مُتَعَمِّدًا describes deliberately doing so; grammatically it expresses the actor’s state (ḥāl). فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ contains the lām of command, but here the expression functions as a severe warning, not a recommendation to do something.

The warning concerns knowingly inventing words and presenting them as Prophetic speech. An unintentional mistake is not the same as deliberate fabrication, yet a discovered misquotation must still be corrected.