Fabricated: People are asleep. When they die, they awaken.

Classification: Fabricated

"People are asleep; when they die, they awaken"

Fabricated: Give your brother 70 excuses.

Classification: Fabricated.

"Give your brother 70 excuses"

Note: Although this is not a hadith of the Prophet (peace & blessings upon him), however, similar statements have been related from the sayings of some of the early scholars of Islam. In addition, there are many ahadith which state that we should cover the faults of our fellow Muslims and not be suspicious of them.

Fabricated: A man complained about being poor so the Prophet told him to get married.

Classification: Fabricated.

This story goes something like this: A man came to the Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allah upon him) and complained about being poor, so the Prophet told him to get married. Then the man came back again with the same complaint, so the Prophet again told him to get married. The man came back a third time, and still the Prophet told him to get married. After the fourth time, the man got married to a woman who knew how to sew (she was a tailor), so she used to make clothes and sell them and she also taught all the other 3 wives how to sew, so the man became rich.

Fabricated: The neighbor who used to throw trash at the Prophet's door.

Classification: Fabricated.

The story goes something like this: The Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allah be upon him) had a jewish neighbor who used to throw trash at his door every day. The Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allah be upon him) was patient and did not do anything. One day, the Prophet noticed that there was no trash at his door, so he went to check on his neighbor who turned out to be sick. She asked him how did he know and he said because there was no trash at his door that day, so the woman was so touched that she accepted Islam.