Question

Is this a Hadith?

“Islam is pure so do not stain it with your sins.”

Answer

I have not come across this as a Hadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). Hafiz Ibn Rajab al Hambali (rahimahullah) has cited this as the statement of Yahya ibn Mu’adh Ar Razi, Demise: 258 A.H.

Yahya ibn Mu’adh (rahimahullah) said: “Islam is pure, so do not taint it with your sins.”

(Fathul Bari, vol. 1, pg. 205, under Hadith: 52 and Lataiful Ma’arif, pg. 565)

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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