Aslam

Praise be to Allah.

The stories which this preacher told are all false and are

lies against the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that

have no basis. He did not mourn after the death of Khadeejah (may Allah be

pleased with her), or slaughter a camel, or invite the people to mourn, as

some people do nowadays. He used to make a lot of du’a (supplication) for

Khadeejah (may Allah be pleased with her), and sometimes he would slaughter

a sheep and distribute the meat among her friends as a gift and act of

kindness, and he would pray for her and be kind to her by means of this

du’a.

Similarly, what he said about the tree is also false and has

no basis, and what he said about the Jew is all lies, like the lies made up

by the evil fabricators. The same applies to what he narrated about ‘Uthman

(may Allah be pleased with him) and that man. Moreover Qatadah was not a

Sahabi (Companion of the Prophet), rather he was a Tabi’i (Successor).

The point is that these four reports are all false and are

not sound at all, But it was narrated in other, saheeh hadeeths (authentic

narrations) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

called some trees and they came to him– and that was one of the signs of

Prophethood. This story was proven in Saheeh Muslim, where it says that on

one of his journeys he wanted to relieve himself, so he called two trees and

they came together, and he sat between them to relieve himself, then each

tree went back to its place. This was a sign from Allah that was evidence of

His almighty power, and that he says to a thing “Be!” and it is. This was

also a sign of the truth of the Messenger of Allah and that he was indeed

the Messenger of Allah. This is something other than the story that this

liar told. We must beware of these liars, and the preacher must fear Allah

when he preaches to people; he should remind them of things that will

benefit them in their spiritual and worldly affairs of verses of the Quran

and saheeh hadeeths from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon

him). That is sufficient. It was narrated in a saheeh hadeeth that the

Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever

narrates a hadeeth from me knowing that it is false, he is one of the

liars.” (Narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh). And he (peace and blessings of

Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever narrated from me something that I did not

say, let him take his place in Hell.” (Saheeh, agreed upon). And there are

many similar hadeeths.