The Invalidity of the Will Attributed to Shaykh Ahmad, the Bearer of the Keys to the Prophet’s Sacred Precinct

Question:
Shaykh Abdulaziz, from time to time, and from one period to another, this so-called will comes back to us. It is always issued under the name of Shaykh Ahmad, the bearer of the keys to the Sacred Precinct of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). As I said, this will spreads, and whenever it disappears, it returns. This time, it begins by saying: He was in a night reading the Qur'an in the Sacred Precinct of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and in that night, sleep overtook him, and he saw in his dream that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him and said to him: Forty thousand people have died in this week, and not jinn; they died the death of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. It continues in this style.
It is observed that it is in a style close to the colloquial dialect. I ask the Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good, to please alert the people to this will, specifically, and to what is similar to it.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance.
As for what follows: We have known this will for a long time, and as you mentioned in the question, whenever it goes away, it returns, and whenever it is forgotten, it is revived. It has promoters among people in all parts of the world, under the name of the servant of the Prophet’s Chamber, and sometimes under the name of the bearer of the keys to the Prophet’s Chamber or the Prophet’s Mosque. It contains various phrases and words, and it says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him and said to him such and such, that forty thousand people died the death of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. It says: A star will appear around the sun, and when this star appears, you will see it, and prayers and acts of worship will not be accepted after that. It says: Whoever receives this will and neglects it and loses it will commit a great sin, and whoever it reaches and does not spread it will come out of the mercy of Allah. It says: Whoever distributes twenty-five copies of it will obtain such and such and such. And so on, of these myths. This is an invalid will with no basis. There is no Ahmad who is a servant of the Prophet’s Chamber (peace and blessings be upon him). All of this is a lie. There is no person called Ahmad, and there is no will. Rather, this is the lie of liars; people who fabricate lies and write such invalid wills and attribute them to whoever they wish among people, and all of it has no basis. We previously wrote about the invalidity of this will more than ten years ago and distributed it domestically and abroad in several languages so that Muslims would understand its invalidity and that it has no basis, and that it is obligatory for whoever it falls into his hands to tear it up, destroy it, and alert people to its invalidity.
The mushaf, which is the speech of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) , if a person did not write it, he owes nothing and there is no blame on him. And this [will] says: Whoever it reaches and does not spread it will come out of the mercy of Allah! This is among the most invalid of invalid things.
And it says: Whoever writes twenty-five copies of it and distributes them will obtain such and such benefits, and such and such, and whoever turns away from it will lose benefits and his child will die, or he will die such and such, or he will die such and such, or a disaster will befall him. All of this is invalid. The Qur'an itself, if one distributes a hundred copies of it or such and such, he is rewarded, but he does not obtain what this liar said, and there is no danger on him if he does not distribute it. If he lived his whole life and did not distribute the mushaf, there is no blame on him. The mushaf has those who distribute it, those who sell it, and those who spread it among people. If he bought it from the market and read in it and did not distribute it, there is no blame on him. If he wrote it and read in it and did not distribute it, there is no blame on him. How can it be that with this fabricated, invalid will, whoever does not distribute it will have such and such upon him!
The point is that this will is invalid and fabricated, with no basis. It is not permissible to believe this statement, nor is it permissible to distribute it or spread it among people. Rather, it is obligatory to destroy it and alert people to its invalidity. May Allah grant everyone health and guidance.
The presenter: In reality, Shaykh, in accordance with what you have mentioned, I recall that I presented this message in the same period you specified, which is about ten years ago. And a while ago, we also discussed it, and we are here in this program fighting it, in addition to our distribution of it. And here we are, by the praise of Allah, in good health, going and returning to our work, and we, our children, our relatives, and our wealth are in good condition and well.
The Shaykh: Praise be to Allah, and this is like what you mentioned, all of it is reality. And we have been fighting it for decades and have not seen anything but good. All of this is an invalid thing that one should not cling to. Yes, we ask Allah for health. Yes.
The presenter: It is perhaps appropriate, Shaykh, that you please alert to the danger of printed materials on the creed and on security, and also on what concerns people’s ideas?
The Shaykh: It is obligatory for whoever finds printed materials pasted on walls or distributed among people to ask the people of knowledge about them and not to rely on them except with insight. If he is from the people of knowledge, he knows it, by the praise of Allah, and alerts to the invalidity of the false and the correctness of the true. But if he is from the common people, it is not permissible for him to accept everything that is distributed among people. Rather, it is obligatory for him to ask the people of knowledge in his country and in other countries whom he trusts and knows their knowledge and virtue. He asks them about what may fall into his hands. And it has reached me that the message that is distributed in my name regarding the dhikr after the prayer, it has reached me that some people wrote on it: Whoever distributes such and such of it will have such and such, and whoever spreads such and such of it will have such and such. And all of this is invalid with no basis. I did not write this; rather, I wrote an explanation of the dhikr preserved from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after the prayers. As for the addition to this, such as whoever does such and such, or whoever spreads it, or whoever writes such and such of it.
So if this has occurred, it is invalid with no basis, and I did not write it and did not order it. Rather, this is the lie of liars and the slander of the people of falsehood. We ask Allah for health.
And the conclusion is that these matters you pointed out, which are the stickers and distributed messages, books, and bulletins, one must be cautious of them. So one should not accept from them except what is established and correct from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which is clarified by the people of knowledge who are aware of the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah is the Helper.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.