Do we narrate to the common people a hadith like that of Abu Dharr?
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The Shaykh : What do you say about this? He asks: Do we narrate to the common people a hadith like that of Abu Dharr?
If the narrator intends to clarify it for them, there is no harm; otherwise, it is feared that they will be led astray.
Similarly, it is also narrating to the general public the story of the man who killed ninety-nine people, then asked a worshipper if he had any repentance. The worshipper said: You have no repentance. He considered the ninety-nine souls a great matter, so he killed the worshipper and completed the hundred. Then he asked a scholar: Does he have any repentance? He said: Yes, and who can stand between you and repentance? But you are in a land whose people are oppressive. Go out to such-and-such a village. Meaning, to make your repentance sincere. So he went out, and it happened that death came to him on the way. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him, and Allah the Exalted sent down an angel to judge between them. The one who argued was the angels of mercy, so the angels of mercy took his soul.
This hadith also should not be narrated to people. I have heard a person narrating it to people during the Hajj season this year. How easy it is for a pilgrim, if he sees an enemy of his, even if the enemy has no right against him, to kill him and say: I repent.
The Shaykh : What do you say about this? He asks: Do we narrate to the common people a hadith like that of Abu Dharr?
If the narrator intends to clarify it for them, there is no harm; otherwise, it is feared that they will be led astray.
Similarly, it is also narrating to the general public the story of the man who killed ninety-nine people, then asked a worshipper if he had any repentance. The worshipper said: You have no repentance. He considered the ninety-nine souls a great matter, so he killed the worshipper and completed the hundred. Then he asked a scholar: Does he have any repentance? He said: Yes, and who can stand between you and repentance? But you are in a land whose people are oppressive. Go out to such-and-such a village. Meaning, to make your repentance sincere. So he went out, and it happened that death came to him on the way. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him, and Allah the Exalted sent down an angel to judge between them. The one who argued was the angels of mercy, so the angels of mercy took his soul.
This hadith also should not be narrated to people. I have heard a person narrating it to people during the Hajj season this year. How easy it is for a pilgrim, if he sees an enemy of his, even if the enemy has no right against him, to kill him and say: I repent.