THE REFUTATION OF MANY OF THE SUFI AHAADEETH BY SHEIKHUL ISLAM IBN TAYMIYYAH

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah was asked about the words which were narrated 
from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),

“My heaven and my earth could not contain Me, but the heart of My believing 
slave contains Me”?
He replied:
Praise be to Allaah.
What they mentioned is from the Israa’eeliyyaat [reports narrated from 
Jewish sources], no isnaad is known for it from the Prophet (peace and 
blessings of Allaah be upon him). What it means is that Allaah puts love and 
knowledge of Himself in the heart of His slave.
The report, “The heart is the house of the Lord” is like the first report. 
The heart is the home or seat of faith in Allaah and of knowledge and love 
of Him.
They reported the words, “I was an unknown treasure and I wanted to be 
known, so I created mankind and taught them about Myself so that they would 
know Me.” These are not the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of 
Allaah be upon him), and I know of no isnaad for this, either saheeh (sound) 
or da’eef (weak).
They reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said: “Allaah created reason, and said to it, ‘Come here,’ and it came. He 
said to it, ‘Go there,’ and it went. He said, ‘By My Glory and Majesty, I 
have not created anything more noble than you. I shall reward and punish 
because of you.’” This hadeeth is baatil (false) and mawdoo’ (fabricated) 
according to the consensus of hadeeth scholars.
They narrate the words, “Love of this world is the root of all evil.” This 
is known from Jundub ibn ‘Abd-Allaah al-Bajali, but there is no known isnaad 
from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
They report the words, “This world is merely a step for the believing man.” 
This is not known from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
him) or from the salaf of this ummah or its imams.
They report the words, “Whoever is blessed with a thing, let him stick with 
it” and, “Whoever commits himself to something, let him stick with it.” The 
first report was narrated from one of the salaf. The second report is baatil 
(false), for whoever commits himself to something may have to stick to it or 
he may not, according to what Allaah and His Messenger have commanded.
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said, “Do favours for the poor, for tomorrow they will have authority, and 
what authority!” and, “Poverty is my pride and I boast of it.” Both of these 
are lies and are not known in any way in the well known books of the 
Muslims.
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said: “I am the city of knowledge and ‘Ali is its gate.” This hadeeth is 
da’eef (weak); indeed it is mawdoo’ (fabricated) according to the scholars 
of hadeeth. It was narrated by al-Tirmidhi and others, but it is a lie.
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said, “The poor will sit down on the Day of Resurrection, and [Allaah] will 
say, ‘By My Glory and Majesty, I did not deprive you of worldly things 
because you are insignificant. Rather I wanted to raise your status on this 
Day. Go to the place where the people are standing, and whoever gave you a 
piece of bread, or water to drink, or clothes to wear, take him to 
Paradise.’” The shaykh said: this report is a lie which was not narrated by 
any of the scholars of hadeeth. It is baatil (false) and goes against the 
Qur’aan and Sunnah and scholarly consensus (ijmaa’).
They report that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
him) came to Madeenah, the daughters of al-Najjaar came out with daffs 
(hand-drums) and sang “Tala’a al-Badru ‘alayna min thaniyyat al-Widaa”, and 
the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to 
them, “Shake your tambourines, may Allaah bless you.” The hadeeth about 
women beating the daff on joyous occasions is saheeh, and this was done at 
the time of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
him), but it is not known that he said, “Shake your tambourines.”
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said, “O Allaah, You have brought me out of the place which is most beloved 
to me, so cause me to dwell in the place which is most beloved to You.” This 
hadeeth is also baatil (false), although it was narrated by al-Tirmidhi and 
others. Rather he said to Makkah, “You are the most beloved part of Allaah’s 
land to me.” And he said, “You are the most beloved land to Allaah.”
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said: “Whoever visits me and my father Ibraaheem in one year will enter 
Paradise.” This is a fabricated lie which was not narrated by any of the 
scholars of hadeeth.
They report that a Bedouin prayed (quickly), pecking (like a bird) in his 
prayer. ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, “Do not peck in your 
prayer.” The Bedouin said, “O ‘Ali, if your father had pecked in prayer he 
would not have entered Hell.” This is a lie.
They report that ‘Umar killed his father. This is a lie, for his father died 
before the mission of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon 
him) began.
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said, “I was a Prophet when Adam was between the water and the clay. I was a 
Prophet when Adam was neither water nor clay.” This wording is false.
They report the words, “The bed of a single man is fire. Poor is the man who 
has no woman and the woman who has no man.” These are not the words of the 
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
It was narrated that when Ibraaheem (peace be upon him) built the Ka’bah, he 
prayed one thousand rak’ahs in each corner, then Allaah revealed to him, “O 
Ibraaheem, this is not like feeding a hungry man or clothing a man who 
cannot cover his ‘awrah.” This is obviously a lie, and it is not known in 
the books of the Muslims.
They narrate the words, “Do not despise tribulation, for it will reap the 
hypocrites.” These words are not known from the Prophet (peace and blessings 
of Allaah be upon him).
They narrate the words, “Whoever teaches his brother an aayah from the Book 
of Allaah becomes his master.” This is a lie which is not known at all in 
the books of the scholars.
They narrate that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said, “I looked at the sins of my ummah and I did not find any greater sin 
than that of one who learns an aayah then forgets it.” If this hadeeth is 
saheeh, what is meant is forgetting in the sense of not reciting. The 
wording of the hadeeth is: “Among the sins of my ummah is that of a man to 
whom Allaah gave an aayah of the Qur’aan, but he neglected it until he 
forgot it.”  This forgetting means turning away from the Qur’aan and not 
believing in it or acting upon it. With regard to neglecting to study it 
until one forgets it, this is a sin.
They report the words, “One aayah of the Qur’aan is better than Muhammad and 
the family of Muhammad. The Qur’aan is the word of Allaah, revealed not 
created, and there is nothing like it.” This wording was not reported from 
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said: “Whoever learns something beneficial and conceals it from the Muslims, 
Allaah will bridle him with reins of fire on the Day of Resurrection.” A 
similar meaning is to be found in al-Sunan: the Prophet (peace and blessings 
of Allaah be upon him) said, “Whoever is asked about a matter of [Islamic] 
knowledge which he knows but he conceals it, Allaah will bridle him with 
reins of fire on the Day of Resurrection.”
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said, “When you come to talk about disputes which took place among my 
companions, be quiet. When you come to talk about the Divine will and decree 
(al-qadaa’ wa’l-qadar), keep quiet.” This was reported with munqati’ (broken 
or interrupted) isnaads.
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said to Salmaan al-Farsi when he was eating grapes, “Du, du,” meaning eat 
them two by two. These are not the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings 
of Allaah be upon him); this is baatil (false).
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said, “Whoever commits zina (fornication) with a woman and she gives birth 
to a girl, the fornicator may marry his daughter who was born as a result of 
zina.” This was said by those who were not among the companions of 
al-Shaafa’i. Some of them attributed it to al-Shaafa’i, and some of the 
companions of al-Shaafa’i denied that he said that. They said, he did not 
state that this is permitted, but he did state that this is permissible in 
the case of radaa’ah (breastfeeding), if he breastfed from the milk of a 
woman who got pregnant as a result of zina. Most of the scholars, such as 
Ahmad, Abu Haneefah and others, are agreed that this is haraam, and this is 
the stronger of the two opinions narrated in the madhhab of Maalik.
They report the words, “the most deserving thing for which you take payment 
is the Book of Allaah.” Yes, it is proven that [the Prophet (peace and 
blessings of Allaah be upon him)] said, “The most deserving thing for which 
you take payment is the Book of Allaah,” but that was in the hadeeth about 
ruqyah (reciting Qur’aan and du’aa’s for the purpose of healing), and the 
reward was for the recovery of that sick person, not for the recitation.
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said, “Whoever mistreats a dhimmi (a Jew or Christian living under Islamic 
rule), Allaah will be his opponent on the Day of Resurrection” or “I will be 
his opponent on the Day of Resurrection.” This is da’eef (weak). What is 
known from him is that he said: “Whoever kills a mu’aahid (member of a 
kaafir nation which has a peace treaty with the Muslims) for no lawful 
reason will not smell the fragrance of Paradise.”
They report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 
said: “Whoever lights a lamp in the mosque, the angels and the bearers of 
the Throne will not cease to pray for forgiveness for him so long as the 
light of that lamp is shining in the mosque.” I know of no isnaad for this 
from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, 5/88-93

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