Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 633

Abdullah, the son of Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah, narrates: I went with my father to some of our in-laws, who belonged to the tribe of Aslam and were among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I heard him narrating; he said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "O Bilal! Give us comfort through it!" The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant the prayer. Abdullah bin Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah narrates: I asked: "Did you hear this yourself from the mouth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He became angry and began to tell the people: "Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man to one of the tribes of the Arabs. When that man reached those people, he said to them: 'The Messenger of Allah has instructed me to judge regarding your women however I wish (that is, to arrange the marriage of any woman wherever I wish).' Those people said: 'We hear and obey the command of the Messenger of Allah.' Then they sent a man to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). That man said: 'So-and-so came to us and said to us: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has instructed me to judge regarding your women."' (Then that messenger said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):) 'If this is your command, then we hear and obey; and if it is otherwise, we wanted to bring it to your knowledge.' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became angry. He (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man from the Ansar and said: 'Go to (so-and-so)! Kill him and burn him with fire!' When that Ansari reached the man in question, he had already died and had been buried. By the order of that Ansari, his body was dug out of the grave, and then the Ansari burned him with fire. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whoever deliberately attributes a lie to me, let him prepare to take his particular seat in Hell.'" (Abdullah bin Muhammad bin al-Hanafiyyah narrates: Then that Companion, addressing me,) said: "Do you think of me that even after this I would attribute a lie to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Imam Abu Dawud recorded only these words from it: "O Bilal! Give us comfort through it!"
Imam al-Tabarani recorded this narration in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; the chain of this narration contains a narrator, Abu Hamzah al-Thumali, and he is "da'if" (weak) and "wahi al-hadith" (very weak in hadith).