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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