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: Hassan & Hussein teach an old man how to do wudu'.

Classification: Fabricated.

One day an old pious Bedouin came to Medina. At the time of Prayers he began to make wudu’ but he was making his wudu' (ablution) incorrectly. Hassan and Hussain (Allah be pleased with them both) saw the old man making wudu’ wrong and they wanted to correct him. They didn’t want to offend him or make him feel insulted, so they came up with a plan. They went to the old man and said, "My brother and I disagree over who amongst us performs wudu’ the best. Would you mind watching us make wudu’ and be the judge to see which one of us indeed performs wudu' more correctly? Could you please correct us wherever we are wrong?" The man watched carefully trying to judge who is better. In the end he understood what was going on and said "By Allah, I did not know how to perform wudu’ before this. You have both taught me how to do it correctly."

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.