To what extent is the sermon attributed to the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, authentic, the one narrated by Abu Hurairah and Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, and which was the last sermon he delivered in Medina before his death, beginning with, “O people, draw near and make space for those behind you”?
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This sermon is flimsy and fabricated, not authentically reported from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. It was mentioned by Al-Busiri in "Itḥāf al-Khīrah al-Maharah," by Ibn al-Jawzi in "Al-Mawḍūʿāt," by Al-Suyuti in "Al-La’āli’ al-Maṣnūʿah," and by Ibn ‘Iraq in "Tanzīh al-Sharīʿah al-Marfūʿah."
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