Discussion of the Book *Durat al-Nasihin*

Our sister asks and says: I read in the book *Durat al-Nasihin fi al-Wa'z wa al-Irsad* by a scholar of the ninth century of the Hijri era, named Uthman ibn Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Shakir al-Khubari. I read the following text: From Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather, 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 one half and water from the other half, then left it in that state. From there it trembles until the Day of Resurrection." And from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) : "Indeed, those who carry the Throne are four angels, and each angel has four faces. Their feet are on the rock beneath the seventh earth, a journey of five hundred years." I hope you will inform me about the authenticity of what I read?
Answer: This book is not relied upon. It contains fabricated hadiths and defective matters that are not to be 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 both chaff and grain, and 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, such as the books of the four Sunans, such as *Muntakha al-Akhbar* by Ibn Taymiyyah, such as *Riyad al-Salihin* by al-Nawawi. These are beneficial and useful books, as are *Bulugh al-Maram* and *Umdat al-Hadith*.
The believer benefits from these, and they are far from fabricated and falsely attributed hadiths. As for the weak hadiths found in the Sunans, or in *Riyad al-Salihin*, or in *Bulugh al-Maram*, their authors have clarified and explained them. And what was not clarified by their authors has been clarified by the scholars of knowledge, and they have drawn attention to it in the commentaries on these books and in what has been written on the topics of fabrication and weakness.
So the conclusion is that these books are the beneficial and useful ones, more beneficial than others. What may occur in some of them, such as what may occur in *Bulugh* or in *Muntakha* or in the Sunans, of some hadiths that contain weakness, is clarified by the scholars and explained by the scholars who commented on these books or wrote notes on them, so that the believer is on clear evidence and insight. As for books whose authors are obsessed with fabricated, falsely attributed, and invalid hadiths, they should not be acquired. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.