25/172. Chapter:
MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH WITH FALSE JOKES
Mishkat al-Masabih : 4834
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 4834
وَعَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جده قا ل: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يُحَدِّثُ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيُضْحِكَ بِهِ الْقَوْمَ وَيْلٌ لَهُ وَيْلٌ لَهُ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد والدارمي
Sayyiduna Bahz ibn Hakim reported from his father (Hakim ibn Mu'awiyah) who from Bahz's grandfather (Mu'awiyah ibn Abdah) that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, 'Woe to him who relates stories, faking them up, to make people laugh thereby! Woe to him! Woe to him!' [1]
[1] Musnad Ahmad 5-65, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Darimi.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 4834In-book reference : Book 25, Hadith 207
