The Book of the Pearl of the Admonishers

Question: I read in the book *The Pearl of the Admonishers in Preaching and Guidance* by a scholar of the ninth century of the Hijri era named Uthman ibn Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Khubari. I read the following text: From Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather, that he said: "Indeed, Allah the Exalted looked at a jewel, and it turned red. Then He looked at it a second time, and it melted and trembled from the awe of its Lord. Then He looked at it a third time, and it became water. Then He looked at it a fourth time, and half of it solidified. He created the Throne from the half and the water from the half. Then He left it in its state, and thus it trembles until the Day of Resurrection." And from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that those who carry the Throne are four angels, each angel having four faces, their feet in the rock beneath the seventh earth, a journey of five hundred years. I ask for your guidance?

Answer: This book is not relied upon, and it contains fabricated hadiths and weak hadiths that are not relied upon. These two hadiths are among them, for they have no basis; rather, they are two fabricated hadiths falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Therefore, one should not rely on this book or similar books that collect the worthless and the valuable, the fabricated and the weak. The hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have been served by the scholars from the imams of the Sunnah, who distinguished their authentic from their defective.
The believer should acquire good, beneficial books such as the two Sahihs, the books of the four Sunans, *Muntakha al-Akhbar* by Ibn Taymiyyah, *Riyad al-Salihin* by al-Nawawi, *Bulugh al-Maram* by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, *Umdat al-Hadith* by al-Hafiz Abdul Ghani ibn Abdul Wahid al-Maqdisi, and similar beneficial books that are relied upon by the people of knowledge.