Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 103

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بَابُ فَضْلِ الْعِلْمِ تَعَلُّمًا وَتَعْلِيمًا.

Chapter: The Virtue of Knowledge, Learning, and Teaching.

قَوْلُهُ: «بَلِّغُوا عَنِّي»: يَعْنِي بَلِّغُوا النَّاسَ بِمَا أَقُولُ، وَبِمَا أَفْعَلُ وَبِجَمِيعِ سُنَّتِهِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ بَلِّغُوا عَنِّي وَلَوْ آيَةٌ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ، وَلَوْ هُنَا لِلتَّقْلِيلِ، يَعْنِي: لَا يَقُلِ الْإِنْسَانُ: أَنَا لَا أُبَلِّغُ إِلَّا إِذَا كُنْتُ عَالِمًا كَبِيرًا، لَا، إِنَّمَا يُبَلِّغُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَلَوْ آيَةٌ بِشَرْطِ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ عَلِمَهَا، وَأَنَّهَا مِنْ كَلَامِ الرَّسُولِ، وَلِهَذَا قَالَ فِي آخِرِ الْحَدِيثِ: «وَمَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»

His instruction, 'Convey from me,' means to share with others what I say, what I do, and the entirety of the Prophet's Sunnah, peace and blessings be upon him. The phrase 'even if it is a single verse from the Book of Allah' uses 'even' to minimize the requirement. A person should not claim they cannot teach unless they are a great scholar. Rather, anyone can convey even a single verse, provided they have learned it and are certain it is the speech of the Messenger. This is why the Hadith concludes with, 'Whoever lies about me intentionally, let him take his seat in the Fire.'

مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَى الرَّسُولِ مُتَعَمِّدًا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَاذِبٌ، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ هُنَا اللَّامُ لِلْأَمْرِ، لَكِنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِالْأَمْرِ هُنَا الْخَبَرُ، يَعْنِي فَقَدْ تَبَوَّأَ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ - وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - أَيْ: فَقَدِ اسْتَحَقَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْ سَاكِنِي النَّارِ؛ لِأَنَّ الْكَذِبَ عَلَى الرَّسُولِ لَيْسَ كَالْكَذِبِ عَلَى وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ، الْكَذِبُ عَلَى الرَّسُولِ كَذِبٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، ثُمَّ هُوَ كَذِبٌ عَلَى الشَّرِيعَةِ؛ لِأَنَّ مَا يُخْبِرُ بِهِ الرَّسُولُ مِنَ الْوَحْيِ هُوَ مِنْ شَرِيعَةِ اللَّهِ،

Anyone who knowingly lies about the Messenger has earned his place in the Fire. While the imperative form is used here, it functions as a declaration of fact: he has effectively secured his seat in the Fire—we seek refuge in Allah. He has become deserving of being an inhabitant of the Fire, because lying about the Messenger is not like lying about an ordinary person. It is a lie against Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, and it is a lie against the Sharia, for everything the Messenger conveys from revelation is part of Allah’s law.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 47 nouns)

• بَلَّغَ — to convey
• قَالَ — to say
• فَعَلَ — to do
• بَابٌ — chapter
• فَضْلٌ — virtue
• عِلْمٌ — knowledge