Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 394

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يُفَسِّرُ القُرآنَ بغَيْرِ ما أرادَ الله، أو يَكْذِبُ على النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَذَا، وَهُوَ كَاذِبٌ، أو يَنْقُلُ حَدِيثًا يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ وَهُوَ لَمْ يُكَذِّبْهُ وَلَكِنْ يَقُولُ: قَالَ فُلَانٌ كَذَا وَكَذَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ، وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ، فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ أَحَدَ الكَاذِبِينَ كَمَا بَيَّنَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ، وَيَزْدَادُ إِنَّمَا إِذَا تَشَبَّعَ الإِنْسَانُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ، كَمَا فِي حَدِيثِ الْمَرْأَةِ أَنَّهَا يَكُونُ لَهَا ضَرَّةٌ يَعْنِي زَوْجَةً أُخْرَى مَعَ زَوْجِهَا، فَتَقُولُ: إِنَّ زَوْجِي أَعْطَانِي كَذَا وَأَعْطَانِي كَذَا وَهِيَ كَاذِبَةٌ، لَكِنْ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُرَاغِمَ وَتَغِيظَ ضَرَّتَهَا وَتُفْسِدَهَا عَلَى زَوْجِهَا، فَهَذَا كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «المُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ» أَيْ كَذِبٍ.

This includes someone who interprets the Quran in ways God never intended, or lies about the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) by claiming he said something he did not. It also includes someone who transmits a hadith they know to be a lie; even if they do not explicitly label it as such, by saying, 'So-and-so reported this from the Messenger of God,' while knowing it is false, they become one of the liars, just as the Prophet explained. This behavior is compounded when a person pretends to have been given something they were not. Consider the example of a woman who has a co-wife; she might claim, 'My husband gave me this and that,' while lying, purely to spite her co-wife and turn her against their husband. This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) meant when he said, 'The one who claims to possess what he has not been given is like one who wears two garments of falsehood,' meaning a lie.

وَالحَاصِلُ: أَنَّهُ يَجِبُ عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَتَثَبَّتَ فِيمَا يَقُولُ، وَأَنْ يَتَثَبَّتَ فِيمَنْ يَنْقُلُ إِلَيْهِ الخَبَرَ، هَلْ هُوَ ثِقَةٌ أَوْ غَيْرُ ثِقَةٍ كَمَا قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَنْ تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَ}.

In short, everyone must verify what they say and check the reliability of those who bring them news, as God Almighty says: 'O you who have believed, if a disobedient one comes to you with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.'

وَلَا سِيَّمَا إِذَا كَثُرَتِ الأَهْوَاءُ وَصَارَ النَّاسُ يَتَخَبَّطُونَ وَيُكْثِرُونَ مِنَ القِيلِ وَالقَالِ بِلَا تَثَبُّتٍ وَلَا بَيِّنَةٍ، فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ التَّثَبُّتُ أَشَدَّ وُجُوبًا، حَتَّى لَا يَقَعَ الإِنْسَانُ فِي المَهْلَكَةِ.

This is especially true when personal biases run rampant and people become confused, spreading gossip and hearsay without any proof. Verification becomes even more mandatory then, so that one does not fall into ruin.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (25 verbs · 27 nouns)

• فَسَّرَ — to interpret
• أَرَادَ — to want
• كَذَبَ — to lie
• قُرْآن — Quran
• كَاذِب — liar
• حَدِيث — hadith