Exposing to the Danger of Telling Lies About the Prophet ﷺ

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

Islam does not favor men nor women. It favors justice. So when you read a hadith, you have to read it with this view or you are doing injustice. Always keep in mind that the sunnah of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) is a source of guidance and mercy and nothing in it should be a cause of oppression.

Many people, maybe because of their lack of understanding, personal biases or personal predisposition use or teach hadith in a negative context. As a result many people develop an aversion of the sunnah because of the horrible way the hadith were taught to them or applied on them.

Be careful when you bring out any hadith without understand its full context because without this understanding you may be exposing yourself to the danger of lying about the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassallam). Telling lies about the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) is a great evil and a serious sin.

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) said: “Telling lies about me is not like telling lies about anyone else. Whoever tells lies about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.” [Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1229]

It was also narrated by Muslim in the Introduction to his Saheeh, without the phrase “Telling lies about me is not like telling lies about anyone else.”

For example, some men will use the following hadith against his wife to coerce her to obey him.

"If a husband calls his wife to bed and she refuses, the angels will curse her until she gets up in the morning." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]

First, why would you want your wife to live under the threat of Allah's curse? Is that what you called love? Is that a relationship? No, that's emotional slavery!

This abusive way of using any hadith of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) is diminishing the dignity of Muslims.

Note: This hadith is for women that manipulate their husbands, who get their way with their husbands.

We have to have the highest regard for the Sunnah and part of the respect for the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) is to study his Sunnah exhaustively or at least understand from scholars who have studied them exhaustively before you make any conclusion about a hadith and allow yourself to reach a conclusion prematurely.

May Allah guide us and grant us sound understanding of His religion, the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Ameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wassallam

Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.