Verification of the Hadith “Whoever Dresses in a Guise Not His Own…”

Question

The hadith “Whoever dresses in a guise not his own and is killed, his blood is forfeit,” which the late, respected Hazrat Shah ﵀ narrated from a Companion among the jinn, and which the elders of Deoband also transmit in an unbroken chain from the respected Hazrat Shah — what is its status according to the noble scholars of hadith?

Answer

Regarding this, ‘Allama al-Sakhawi wrote in “al-Maqasid al-Hasana”, p. 192: [ar]مَنْ تَزَيَّ بِغَيْرِ زِيهِ فَقُتِلَ دَمُهُ هَدْرٌ، لَيْسَ لَهُ أَصْلٌ يُعْتَمَدُ، وَيُحْكَى فِيهِ حِكَايَاتٌ مُنْقَطِعَةٌ أَنَّ بَعْضَ الْجَانِّ حَدَّثَ بِهِ إِمَّا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ﵁ مَرْفُوعًا وَإِمَّا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِلَا وَاسِطَةٍ، وَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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