The Ruling on Claiming Inspiration in Hadiths
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people, or some authors, mention that the hadiths they report are inspired. That what they report as hadiths is inspiration. And they say that inspiration is one of the types of revelation. What is your opinion on this?
Answer:
Do I understand the question? He says that some people, or some authors, mention that what he says— we think that his statement— some people or authors mean: does the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) receive it? No, he does not receive his own words, right? That is the apparent meaning of the question. He says that this is inspiration from Allah. I think it is inspiration from Satan, because he is not protected from error, except for the Messengers (peace be upon them), for he is not protected from error. The most prominent of what a person says as inspiration from Allah may be inspiration from Allah, or it may be from Satan, so a person does not know that about himself or about another, except for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), for Allah has made it so that he does not[An-Najm 53:3-4] The Messenger is protected from error in what he says and in what he does (peace and blessings be upon him), and in what he conveys from Allah. As for others, it is possible, possible error and truth, so he does not declare himself pure to this extent. He says, "I do not say anything except that Allah inspired it to me." This is delusion, declaring oneself pure. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people, or some authors, mention that the hadiths they report are inspired. That what they report as hadiths is inspiration. And they say that inspiration is one of the types of revelation. What is your opinion on this?
Answer:
Do I understand the question? He says that some people, or some authors, mention that what he says— we think that his statement— some people or authors mean: does the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) receive it? No, he does not receive his own words, right? That is the apparent meaning of the question. He says that this is inspiration from Allah. I think it is inspiration from Satan, because he is not protected from error, except for the Messengers (peace be upon them), for he is not protected from error. The most prominent of what a person says as inspiration from Allah may be inspiration from Allah, or it may be from Satan, so a person does not know that about himself or about another, except for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), for Allah has made it so that he does not
(3) Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. (4) It is not but a revelation revealed,
يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ
Source
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