تاملي در حديث نبوي (من كذب علي متعمدا)

A Deliberation on the Prophetic Hadith "Whoever deliberately ascribes a lie to me"

The hadith "Whoever deliberately ascribes a lie to me" is among the widely transmitted (mutiwatir) traditions, which both Shiʹa and Sunn! transmitters of hadith have related from the Prophet (S.A.W.) in their hadith collections; but still some whispers of doubt are heard about the validity of its sanad, soundness of the text, and its evidential aspects. Some of the orientalists have regarded this very hadith as forged and fabricated and a few of the contemporary hadith researchers have considered part of it to be mudraj (inserted). Raising questions concerning the above hadith, the present article addresses certain aspects of its issuance and signification.