How a message can lead to Hellfire..?

How a message can lead to Hellfire..?

How ignorance can lead to death? Nowadays it is a common practice to forward messages whether non-religious or religious for the sake of reward or helping other people.

But it is causing more harm than benefit to the extent that in India, people are even getting killed because of forwarded fake news and religiously speaking it is so dangerous that it can not only lead to punishment in the grave but can rather prevent us from entering into Paradise.

The Lawgiver Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) issued a stern warning against passing on false information.

Narrated Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him): I heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying, “A Qattat will not enter Paradise.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.8, Hadith No.82). A Qattat is a person who conveys disagreeable, false information from one person to another with the intention of causing harm and enmity between them.

It is also Narrated Ibn ‘Abbaas (rza): Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) passed by two graves and said, “Both of them (persons in the grave) are being tortured, and they are not being tortured for a major sin. This one used not to save himself from being soiled with his urine, and other used to go about with calumnies (among the people to rouse hostilities, e.g., one goes to a person and tells him that so-and-so says about him such and such evil things).” (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.8, Hadith No.78).

It is not correct to pass any information without verifying it as

It was narrated that Hafs ibn ‘Aasim said: The Messenger of Allaah (pbuh) said: “It is enough lying for a man to speak of everything that he hears.” (Narrated by Muslim in al-Muqaddimah, 6; Saheeh al-Jaami, 4482).

It was also narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “It is enough sin for a man to speak of everything that he hears.” (Al-Silsilah al-Sahee, 2025).

Therefore, and it is better to be on a safer side and not to forward any news if we don’t have time to check it. To be very cautious in this matter before we are not left with any time to

  

Think again…

“O you who believe! If a Faasiq (liar — evil person) comes to you with any news, verify it, lest you should harm people in ignorance, and afterwards you become regretful for what you have done”. [Al-Quran Sura Hujuraat 49:6]