❖ Compilation: Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad Anwar Zāhid ḥafiẓahullāh
✦ The Claim:
It is said that the Prophet ﷺ stated:
“The earth is illuminated due to my face, the sky is illuminated due to my countenance, and I was taken up to the heights of the heavens. Allah extracted my name from His Name—so the One upon the Throne is Maḥmūd and I am Muḥammad.”
✦ Ḥadīth Authentication:
➤ Chain of narration: Fabricated (موضوع)
Imām al-Shawkānī states:
“This ḥadīth is fabricated and has been invented by some storytelling preachers.”
📘 [Al-Fawāʾid al-Majmūʿah fī al-Aḥādīth al-Mawḍūʿah, Faḍāʾil al-Nabī, Ḥadīth no. 997]
⚠ Note: Such narrations, despite their poetic or emotional appeal, hold no authenticity and should not be circulated as genuine sayings of the Prophet ﷺ.
