Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الْأَسْقَعِ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ الْفِرَى ثَلَاثَةٌ أَنْ يَفْتَرِيَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ وَلَمْ يَرَ وَأَنْ يَفْتَرِيَ عَلَى وَالِدَيْهِ فَيُدْعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ أَوْ يَقُولُ سَمِعَنِي وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنِّي.
English Translation
Abd al-Rahman b. Mahdi narrated to us: Mu'awiyah b. Salih narrated to us, from Rabi'ah b. Yazid, who said: I heard Wathilah b. al-Asqa' say: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "The greatest of falsehoods are three: that a man falsely claims about his own eyes, saying 'I saw' when he did not see; that he falsely claims regarding his parents, being attributed to other than his true father; or that he says 'he heard me' when he did not hear from me."