14. Are you not making the correction of mistakes far more difficult than the original error itself, especially when most readers lack the means to independentl

15. How many fabricated or distorted statements continue circulating today simply because people copied and shared them without checking their origins? Harm to Knowledge & the People 16. How many students of knowledge and lay Muslims become unhealthily sceptical of Islamic knowledge after repeatedly discovering fabricated quotations being circulated? 17. I was personally informed by someone that they began doubting transmission in the dīn itself after discovering that several famous statements attributed to a scholar they really loved were fabricated. If careless transmission can lead a person to doubt the reliability of religious knowledge as a whole, how serious is this matter? 18. What effect does repeatedly sharing unsourced material have on your own credibility and the credibility of what you publish? 19. How many scholars have had their reputations harmed through false attributions that continued circulating long after they had been refuted? 20. What principles and habits allow fabrications to spread like wildfire among the people? Reflect carefully on this. The Importance of Precision 21. How important do scholars of Islām give to correct attribution, even in matters where there is no dispute regarding the content itself? 22. Is the issue merely whether the wording is correct, or whether it can actually be authentically attributed to the one it is being ascribed to? If scholars exercise caution regarding the attribution of the authoring of the Lāmiyyah poem to Ibn Taymiyyah—despite its appearance in works associated with him and even being mentioned as something he himself had spoken—then what should be said about posts circulating online that contain anonymous translations and unsourced quotations with no verifiable chain of attribution at all? 23. Are we content with that which is lesser when that which is better, safer, and more beneficial is readily available? 24. If the potential harms of careless attribution were explained in detail to a scholar specialised in ḥadīth and transmission, would he encourage anything other than diligent verification, accurate sourcing, and clear attribution before sharing material with the people? 25. Are you trying to encourage people to share statements of the scholars that are not sourced and verifiable? Because whether intended or not, that is the practical outcome of such a methodology. Source: https://t.me/MarkazAbuHurayrah/1756