How authentic is what is mentioned about Ahmad, the guardian of the Prophet's chamber?
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The Shaykh : This is a paper
The questioner : This is distributed in public places...
The Shaykh : Is this Shaykh Ahmad? I mean this, this one. We discussed it last Friday, and we clarified that it is a lie. It is more than a hundred years old, about two hundred years, more than two hundred years, and it has been circulating until Muhammad Rashid Rida said that I was young in my time of seeking knowledge, and that it was presented to my father, and that I later asked the people of the Prophet's Mosque if they knew anyone named Ahmad? They said, we do not know any Ahmad at all. I knew
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This one that is in front of me, it must be clarified that this is a lie, yes? Its content says that he saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and that the Messenger said, "The Ummah has been lost and gone astray, and..." and "convey my peace to them and tell them to do such and such and leave such and such," and that the one who reads this and distributes it, twenty-five copies, says? and distributes it, he will get such and such reward, and the one who does not do it, his children will die and he will die... empty talk, yes? ...
The questioner : This is distributed in public places...
The Shaykh : Is this Shaykh Ahmad? I mean this, this one. We discussed it last Friday, and we clarified that it is a lie. It is more than a hundred years old, about two hundred years, more than two hundred years, and it has been circulating until Muhammad Rashid Rida said that I was young in my time of seeking knowledge, and that it was presented to my father, and that I later asked the people of the Prophet's Mosque if they knew anyone named Ahmad? They said, we do not know any Ahmad at all. I knew
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This one that is in front of me, it must be clarified that this is a lie, yes? Its content says that he saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and that the Messenger said, "The Ummah has been lost and gone astray, and..." and "convey my peace to them and tell them to do such and such and leave such and such," and that the one who reads this and distributes it, twenty-five copies, says? and distributes it, he will get such and such reward, and the one who does not do it, his children will die and he will die... empty talk, yes? ...