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What is your opinion regarding the validation by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) of the story of the hadith

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The questioner : He saysThe questioner : What is your opinion regarding the validation by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) of the story of the hadith:
He who lies about me deliberately will certainly come to his abode in Hell. من كذب عليَّ متعمّدًا فليتبوَّأ مقعده من النار
Sunan Abi Dawud 3651Sahih (Al-Albani)
which indicates that fabrication occurred during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? And if the story is authentic, is it valid for the Rafidah to use it to criticize the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them)?

The Shaykh : The story is authentic, and the argument the Rafidah use against them is what they deserve; they do not expect anything from what they have brought against us, as they did before against others. This is because they believe in some of the Companions and declare disbelief against the majority of the Companions. So what they bring against all of our Companions also applies to some of our Companions in whom they believe, and there is no difference. This is from one aspect. From another aspect, we say that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is the Guardian of His religion, and part of His guarding of His religion is that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) exposed the fabrication of that man against his Prophet, and inspired him to warn his Ummah from falling into something like his fabrication, so he said:
He who lies about me deliberately will certainly come to his abode in Hell. من كذب عليَّ متعمّدًا فليتبوَّأ مقعده من النار
Sunan Abi Dawud 3651Sahih (Al-Albani)
. This hadith and its like were a deterrent for the Imams of the people of the Sunnah, not for the scholars of the Shi'ah. I do not say “the Imams of the Shi'ah,” because the Shi'ah have no Imams! If they have true Imams like Ja'far al-Sadiq and the known people of the Household of the Prophet who are renowned for their knowledge and virtue, then they are our Imams, not their Imams, because they fabricate a lot, and a very great deal, about them.
My point is that this hadith, for which that occasion arose and Allah inspired His Prophet to say as a warning:
He who lies about me deliberately will certainly come to his abode in Hell. من كذب عليَّ متعمّدًا فليتبوَّأ مقعده من النار
Sunan Abi Dawud 3651Sahih (Al-Albani)
, was it—this hadith and its like—among the reasons that led the Imams of the people of the Sunnah, and not the scholars of the Shi'ah, to establish the science of hadith terminology and the science of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil (the critique and vindication of narrators). This is a point in which the people of the Sunnah surpass the Shi'ah in a way that destroys their religion from its root and branch. That is because the scholars of the Shi'ah have no principles in the science of hadith, and they have no books on the biographies of the narrators of the hadiths of the Household of the Prophet, especially those connected to 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Salman al-Farisi, and the few Companions in whose companionship they have confidence. They have no knowledge of hadith terminology or the biographies of the men of hadith. Indeed, as some of the Imams of the Salaf said: “The isnad (chain of narration) is part of the religion, and were it not for the isnad, whoever wished would say what he wished.” Consequently, the scholars of today, even some of the disbelievers among them, in the sense of “the virtue is what the enemies testify to,” have said: “The isnad is a distinctive feature of this Muhammadan Ummah.” It is not only we, the Muslims, who say and take pride in what we say: “The isnad is a distinctive feature of this Muhammadan Ummah.” Rather, some of the disbelieving Orientalists and Arabists among them have given this true testimony that the isnad is a speciality of this Ummah in which no one shares with it.
And I, quoting from this consensus of the scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, quote and say: “The isnad, which is a distinctive feature of the Ummah of Islam—I do not say the entire Ummah of Islam; rather, this is a distinctive feature of the people of the Sunnah, not the people of the Shi'ah, let alone the other sects—because they have no isnads. Their isnads are broken off from the Messenger (peace be upon him) by stages. And these broken isnads, they cannot prove their authenticity based on the shallow and few biographies they have. So what can a person say when some of the extremists of the Shi'ah admit that the most authentic book they have, after the Book of Allah—if they have an authentic one, for they claim that this Noble Qur'an is incomplete and is only completed by the Mushaf of 'A'ishah, where is it? Pardon me, the Mushaf of Fatimah, where is it? It is in the realm of loss. If they rely on the Mushaf, then they do not rely on anything of the Sunnah that is authentic, because the most authentic book they have is the one known as “Al-Kafi.” Some of their writers have criticized it in some of the editions printed for this book in hundreds of hadiths. And they claim that it corresponds to our book “Sahih al-Bukhari,” which follows the Book of our Lord... So where is this in comparison to that? The matter is as was said long ago, and though not on this occasion, I conclude my speech with this verse of poetry, because the time is late and my voice is hoarse, so please excuse me. I say to these people:
“This difference between us is sufficient for you *** And every vessel is by what is in it...
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