{"fatawa":{"id":7824,"title":"The hadeeth Hadeeth about About the Bedouin who Who saidSaid: \u201cIf He asks me, I will ask Him\u201d He Will Ask Allah Questions","slug":"the-hadeeth-hadeeth-about-about-the-bedouin-who-who-saidsaid-if-he-asks-me-i-will-ask-him-he-will-ask-allah-questions","order":"","question":"I would like to ask about the meaning of the hadeeth of the Bedouin who spoke to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and when speaking about Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, he said: \u201cIf He questions me, I will question Him; if He asks me about my sins, I will ask Him about His forgiveness\u2026\u201d \r\nI think you know the rest of the hadeeth. Is this hadeeth saheeh (authentic)?","answer":"Praise be to Allah.\r\nThis hadeeth is one of the haadeeths that are widespread among people but are falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). \r\n\r\nShaykh Hatim al-Shareef was asked about it and he said:  \r\n\r\nThe hadeeth mentioned is a good example of the haadeeths which are obviously false and fabricated, and it displays poor style, weak composition and ugly meanings. Anyone who has any knowledge of the Sunnah and its splendour will have no doubt that this cannot be a saheeh hadeeth (authentic narration) that is proven to be from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). I did not find it with this wording, and I wish that the questioner had told us of the source where he found this hadeeth so that we could warn the people against it. \r\n\r\nBut Abu Hamid al-Ghazaali, as was his wont (may Allah forgive him) narrated a false hadeeth in Ihya \u2018Uloom al-Deen (4\/130) that is similar in content to the hadeeth asked about here. In it, it says that a Bedouin said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): \u201cO Messenger of Allah, who will be in charge of bringing the people to account on the Day of Resurrection?\u201d The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: \u201cAllah, may He be blessed and exalted.\u201d He said: \u201cHe Himself?\u201d He said: \u201cYes.\u201d The Bedouin smiled and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: \u201cWhy are you smiling, O Bedouin?\u201d He said: \u201cWhen the Most Generous is in a position to punish, He forgives, and when He brings to account, He pardons \u2026\u201d \r\n\r\nAl-\u2018Iraqi said concerning this hadeeth: I could not find any source for it. al-Subki mentioned it among the hadeeths for which he did not find any isnad (chain of transmission). (Takhreej Ahadeeth al-Ihya, no. 3466; Tabaqat al-Shafi\u2019iyyah al-Kubra 6\/346). Nevertheless, there are many texts in the Quran and saheeh Sunnah which speak of the vastness of Allah\u2019s mercy and the greatness of His pardon, and His acceptance of repentance and His answering prayers for forgiveness. \r\n\r\nAllah says (interpretation of the meaning): \r\n\r\n\u201cAnd verily, I am indeed forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates none in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant in doing them (till his death).\u201d\r\n\r\n[Ta-Ha 20:82] \r\n\r\n\u201cAnd He it is Who accepts repentance from His slaves, and forgives sins, and He knows what you do.\u201d\r\n\r\n[al-Shoora 42:25] \r\n\r\n\u201c\u2026 and My Mercy embraces all things. That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are the Muttaqoon (the pious), and give Zakah (the poor-due); and those who believe in Our ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs and revelations, etc.).\u201d\r\n\r\n[al-A\u2019raf 7:156] \r\n\r\nIn Saheeh al-Bukhari (7554) and Saheeh Muslim (2751) it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: \u201cAllah wrote down a decree before He created the universe: \u2018My mercy prevails over My wrath.\u2019\u201d And Allah knows best. End quote. \r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/saaid.net\/Doat\/Zugail\/321.htm\r\n\r\nAnd Allah knows best.\r\n\r\nIslam Q&A","status":1,"created_at":"2014-10-28T20:51:56.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-10-28T20:51:56.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":32,"parent_id":7823,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0627\u062f\u064a\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0636\u0639\u064a\u0641\u0629","category_slug":"","get_date":"2014-10-28"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/7824"}