Explanation of the hadith of Abu Hurayrah regarding the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said

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The Shaykh : The Messenger of Allah, through the chains of narration from the trustworthy scholars, they cite the hadith. The text of the hadith is

There will be in my Ummah in the last times people or groups who will tell you hadiths with things that neither you nor your fathers have heard, so beware of them lest they mislead you.

يكون في أمتي في أخر الزمان ناس أو أقوام يحدّثونكم من الأحاديث بما لم تسمعوا أنتم ولا أباؤكم فإياكم وإياهم أن يضلوكم

or as he (peace be upon him) said. The hadith is narrated by Imam Muslim and others to warn the Muslim against taking any hadith he hears without verifying its narration by taking it from the trustworthy scholars who do not take a hadith except from a reliable source. So it is as if he is saying: do not narrate any hadith, but rather verify it, because there will be people who come after the Messenger (peace be upon him) who will narrate hadiths that have no basis. And his (peace be upon him) saying in this hadith

of which neither you nor your fathers have heard

بما لم تسمعوا أنتم ولا أباؤكم

Mishkat al-Masabih 154Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i)

means they will tell you hadiths that have no basis

so beware of them

فإياكم وإياهم

. So the purpose of the hadith is then to verify the narration of the hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), lest it happen that a Muslim hears a hadith from such liars who tell people things that neither they nor their fathers have heard, and beware of them.
Al-Id Abbas: In a quote attributed to Abu Yusuf “Whoever seeks the hadith ...”.

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
Al-Id Abbas: ... .

The Shaykh : Yes, that is right, from those that have no basis, please proceed.

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