The author of the book says, Taariq Ibn Shihaab narrates that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said. And this is not a hadeeth of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam), I must warn you, this is a mistake. We will come back to that. First the story. A man entered Paradise because of a fly, and another man entered the Hellfire because of a fly. They said, how is it Ya RasoolAllaah. This is not a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). They did not say O Messenger of Allaah. How is that, rather they asked Sulmaan al-Faarisi, as we will see how is that. So he said that two men passed by a village or people that had an idol that they worshipped. No one would pass by except that they would make a slaughter. They would offer something to that idol. They said to one of them, offer your sacrifice. He said, I have nothing to offer as a sacrifice. They said slaughter something even if it’s just a fly. So he slaughtered a fly for that idol and they let him go, they let him pass. And he entered the Fire because of that. They said to the other one, offer your slaughter. He said I would never slaughter anything for anyone other than Allaah, Glorified and Exalted. So they struck his neck, meaning they killed him, they murdered him. And he went to Paradise as a result. That was collected by Imaam Ahmad. Some very important points here. The origin of this mistake and I mention it is a mistake. Taariq Ibn Shihaab did not narrate this hadeeth from the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). That is a mistake in this book. From our love and our dedication to our Scholars is to identify the mistakes that they have fallen into and to clarify especially in the mistakes of attributing things to the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) which are not from his speech. Taariq Ibn Shihaab according to the source books of hadeeth, like the very source quoted here. It is Kitaab Az-Zuhd by Imaam Ahmad, not the musnad. It was also collected by Aboo Nu’aym in his book Hidiyyah Awliyyah (correction?). It was also collected by al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee in his book al-Kifayyah. It was also collected by a few other authors of books with their chains. Al-Bayhaqee in Shubah eemaan (correction of the Arabic?) and others. Every one of those narrations in all places where this hadeeth can be found. Adding one more place musunaf of Ibn Abee Shaybah. Most of them go back to Taariq Ibn Shihaab, through Salmaan Al-Faarisi from a story related by Salmaan Al-Faarisi. Not a hadeeth narrated from the Messenger(sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). Not one source for this hadeeth mentions this as something attributed to the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). The other narration that’s not by Taariq Ibn Shihaab, it’s by someone else, but it goes as well to Salmaan Al-Faarisi. From his words, his story he told the people. This is a story told by Salmaan Al-Faarisi, it is not a hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). So how did it get in our book? We have by Allaah’s Permission, for example the Shaykh, Sulaymaan al-Hafeedh, the grandson of the author of Kitaab at-Tawheed, he wrote a very notable explanation of Kitaab at-Tawheed. He identified that the author followed the reference of Ibn Qayyim. Ibn Qayyim mentions this hadeeth in his book ‘jiwaab al-kaafee’ - the sufficient answer. That book is also known as - the sickness and the cure. I don’t believe the book with either name is translated into English. So Ibn Qayyim mentions it there and he mentions it as the narration of Taariq Ibn Shihaab. And he mentions it as a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) mistakenly. So the people who came after Ibn Qayyim, some of the Uleema mentioned this story apparently taking it from Ibn Qayyim’s book and not finding it in the musnad of Imaam Ahmad. So relying on the precision of Ibn Qayyim and this is one of the mistakes of the Uleema. It’s not allowed for us to hold to it, to take it and say I have to consider this hadeeth from the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam)because some of the Uleema have attributed it to the Messenger (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). Again in all clarity, none of the sources of this hadeeth bring this hadeeth as a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). They only mention it as a story mentioned by Salmaan Al-Faarisi (radhiAllaahu anhu) from the Sahaabah. He was known to narrate Israelite stories from the people of the past. He had a rich history before Islaam narrating from Jews and narrating from Christians. So he was able to narrate stories told by the Christians. And things that were narrated before Islaam came. This is quite clearly one of them and not something from the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). AsSalam Alaikum wa Rahmatullaah. a noble brother brought to my attention the mistake in the below post, May Allaah reward him in abundance,ameen: Correction: This is a story told by Salmaan Al-Faarisi, it is not a hadeeth of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam). Abul-Abbaas Moosaa Richardson
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:10:51 +0000
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