Response to False and Fabricated Reports Attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Question:
One day in our mosque, one of the pretenders to knowledge gave us a sermon after leading us in the midday prayer. He began by saying: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) lost his wife Khadijah, he slaughtered a camel for her and set up a funeral bed for her for three days. He claimed that this was reported in a hadith narrated by Qatadah, the Companion.
Then he cited another hadith, refusing to identify its narrator, saying: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
Then he cited another hadith in which he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) encountered a Jewish man one day at one of the mountains of Makkah, and said to him: ? The Jew said: I do not believe in you. He said to him: , so the Jew pronounced the two testimonies of faith after witnessing this miracle. Then the tree ascended to the heavens, circled the Throne, the Footstool, the Preserved Tablet, and the Pen, and asked Allah for permission to send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It said: "O Jew, my hand and my foot have accepted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Then he told another story, saying: Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) found a man circumambulating the Ka'bah, and said to him: You are a fornicator. The man said: How did you know that? He said: I knew it from your eyes. The man said: I did not commit fornication, but I looked at a Jewish woman. The man said to Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him): Did you know that by revelation? He said: No, but it is the intuition of a believer. And when we demanded evidence, his supporters nearly attacked us.
We ask to know the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding what this man said, and about this story which he used as a sermon to admonish people, preferring it over other beneficial and useful admonitions. May Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
All these reports mentioned by this preacher are false, all are fabricated against the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and all have no basis. He did not hold a mourning ceremony when Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away, he did not slaughter a camel, and he did not invite people to a mourning gathering as some people do today. All of this has no basis. May Allah be pleased with Khadijah and grant her satisfaction, for he used to pray for her frequently, and at times he would slaughter a sheep and distribute it to her female friends as a gift and kindness, so that they would pray for her and be kind to her with their prayers.
As for him holding a mourning ceremony when she died and slaughtering a camel or the like, all of this has no basis and is all a lie.
And so is his saying: "I am a tree, and Ali is its trunk," and so on. All of this is false, has no basis, and is not authentic.
And so is what was mentioned about the Jew and the tree that spoke, saying: He is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and that Allah made it speak, and that it ascended to the sky and circled the Throne. All of this has no basis, is all false, and is all a lie from the lies of the fabricating criminals.
And so is what is narrated about Uthman that he said to a man: You are a fornicator, and he knew this from his eyes. All of this is false and has no basis of truth. And Qatadah is not a Companion, but rather a Successor.
The point is: These four reports are all false and have no authenticity.
However, it is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in other hadiths that he called to some trees and they came, and this was one of the signs of prophethood. One day he wanted to relieve himself, so he called to two trees, and they came and joined together, and he sat between them until he had relieved himself, then each returned to its place. Similar to this are other hadiths that he called to some trees and they came to him, and this was one of the signs of prophethood and one of the proofs of his truthfulness (peace and blessings be upon him). But this is different from the report mentioned by this fabricator that it spoke and said: You are Muhammad. Rather, it responded to his call when he called it (peace and blessings be upon him). As for it speaking and saying: You are Muhammad, or I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, or that it ascended to the sky and circled the Throne, all of this has no basis and is all false.
Therefore, one should be cautious of these fabricators. And the preacher, when he preaches, should fear Allah and remind people of what benefits them in their religion from authentic hadiths and from the verses of the Noble Qur'an. He should remind people of the Book of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and admonish them by mentioning the verses that contain admonition for them and remind them of what benefits them and what relates to what Allah has made obligatory and what He has forbidden for them. And he should mention to them the authentic hadiths narrated by al-Bukhari, or narrated by Muslim, or narrated by the people of the Sunan, or others from the people of the reliable books with authentic chains of narration.
So this student of knowledge, when he admonishes his brothers, must seek out the authentic hadiths, mentioning the verses that contain admonition for people and remind them of what benefits them. As for looking into fabricated and false reports that have no restraint or control, that is not permissible for him, and he should not speak about them, and he should not admonish people with them. Rather, he must be cautious of them and stay away from them, because of the treachery and lying in them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith: , and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and there are many hadiths in this chapter.
So it is not permissible for a believer to narrate hadiths that he knows are lies, or that he is convinced are lies. Rather, he must avoid them, except if he intends to clarify and explain that they are false, in which case there is no harm in that, so that he clarifies their falsity and that they are fabricated. Because the matter is serious and worthy of care. Lying against him (peace and blessings be upon him) is not like lying against others, even though all lying is forbidden, except what the pure Shari'ah has exempted. But lying against the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is greater than lying against others, and it is one of the greatest major sins and one of the greatest sins and evil deeds. We ask Allah for safety.