Hadith #196
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَا
وِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الْفِرَى ثَلَاثَةٌ أَنْ يَفْتَرِيَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ وَلَمْ يَرَ وَأَنْ يَفْتَرِيَ عَلَى وَالِدَيْهِ فَيُدْعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ أَوْ يَقُولُ سَمِعَنِي وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنِّي
Isnad Chain
عبد الرحمن بن مهدي
English Translation
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us: Muʿāwiyah ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to us, from Rabīʿah ibn Yazīd, he said: I heard Wāthilah ibn al-Asqaʿ say: I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'Indeed, the greatest of fabrications are three: that a man fabricates regarding his own eyes, saying "I saw" when he did not see; that he fabricates regarding his parentage, being attributed to other than his father; or that he says "He heard me" — meaning the Prophet ﷺ — when he did not hear from me.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 196
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15434
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51824