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Another example given by Shaykh Naasir ad-Deen al-Albaanee: “The worldis prohibited to people of the Hereafter and the Hereafter is prohibited to peopleof the world. And both are prohibited to the People of Allaah.” 696. Nationalism and FactionalismA. Hadeeth literature contains a lot of material on the merits or otherwise ofvarious towns, most of which is proved to be fabricated. Prejudice for a certainplace was indeed a major factor behind such fabrication. Hadeeths on the meritsof Jeddah, Basra, Jordan, Khurasaan, Oman, ‘Asqalaan, Qizwin, Nasibin,Antioch, ‘Ibaadan (Iraq) and condemning Constantinople, Tabriya, and Sana, etc.,comprise a large section in Ibn Iraaq’s work.B. Prejudice either for or against a race is another factor behind thecirculation of hadeeth such as the following: “The Zanjee (black) commitsadultery when he is satisfied and steals when he is hungry. But there is generosityand a helping spirit among them as well.” 70“Love the Arabs for three reasons: I am an Arab. The Qur’aan is in Arabicand the people of Paradise will converse in Arabic.” 71“The one who has nothing to give as charity should curse the Jews instead.”C. Prejudice for one’s own Imaam and hate for another is well depicted in thefollowing invented hadeeth:سيك ُون ُ فِي أ ُمتِي رجل ٌ يق َال ُ ل َه محمد بن إِدرِي س هو أ َضر عل َى أ ُمتِي مِن إِبلِي س وسيك ُون ُ فِيأ َمتِي رجل ٌ يق َال ُ ل َه أ َبو حنِيف َة َ هو سِرا ج أ ُمتِي )).“There shall be in my Ummah a man by the name Muhammad ibn Idrees (i.e. ash-Shaafi‘ee) who will be more dangerous to my Ummah than Iblees and there shallbe a man in my Ummah known as Aboo Haneefah who is the lamp of myUmmah.” 72Similar factors seem to be at work in spurious hadeeths which support a legalissue held by one Imaam or denounce it altogether.))69 Silsilah al-Ahaadith ad-Da‘eefah, vol. 1, p. 50.70 Tanzeeh ash-Sharee‘ah, vol. 2, p. 3171 Ibid., vol. 2: 3072 Taareekh Baghdaad, vol. 14, p. 270.