Are there hadiths about the state of fake scholars or the scholars who issue wrong fatwas deliberately?

Dear Brother / Sister,

There are a lot of hadiths about the virtues and bad states of both ilm (knowledge) and scholars in hadith books. As a matter of fact, hundreds of them are mentioned in Kanzul-Ummal. (see al- Hindi, Kanzul-Ummal, 10/28943-29388)

The first thing ilm teaches man is the fact that the world is ephemeral and the hereafter is eternal. For, life is the source of all good and nice things; death is a fact that everybody accepts. The biggest desire and the most important right of man is the right to live. The law of protecting life is the source of all of the other laws. If life ends with death, it will be the biggest injustice and cruelty against man. The Creator of life is free and away from such injustice and cruelty. Otherwise, He would not have given man life and endless desires. Then, there is eternal life. The aim of the religion is to transform man’s eternal life into endless bliss.  

This is the first thing that is the foundation of the religion and that is to be taught to people by religions scholars. This knowledge can settle in people only when religions scholars think little of the world. The scholars who plunge into the world, love worldly possessions and seek worldly ranks and positions are the worst people. The Prophet (pbuh) uses the phrase “bad scholars” for such unqualified scholars who misuse their knowledge.

"Allah does not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people but He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars. When He leaves no learned person, people turn to the ignorant as their leaders; then they are asked to deliver religious verdicts and they deliver them without knowledge, they go astray, and lead others astray." (Bukhari, Ilm, 34; Muslim, Ilm, 13, 14; Musnad, 2/162)

"A nation will appear at the end of time. Ignorant people will be leaders and deliver religious verdicts. Thus, they will go astray, and lead others astray." (Bukhari, Ilm, 34; Muslim, Ilm, 13; Tirmidhi, Ilm, 5)

"Bad scholars will be brought on the Day of Judgment and thrown into hellfire. Each will go round with a stick like a donkey around a mill. They will say to him,  "Woe to you! We found the right path with you. What happened to you?" He will say, "I did not to what I ordered you to do. I did the opposite." (al- Hindi, Kanzul-Ummal, 10/29097)

"There are three things that causes the destruction of the religion: a sinful religious scholar, a cruel head of state and an ignorant mujtahid." (Fayzdul-Qadir, 1/52)

"The most frightening thing I fear about my ummah is a munafiq that speaks all languages." (Musnad, 1/22, 44)

"The most frightening thing I fear about my ummah is leaders that make people go astray." (Ibn Majah, Fitan, 9; Musnad, 6/441)

“The person who will be punished the most severely on the Day of Judgment is the scholar who did not use the ilm Allah gave him to save himself." (Kanzul-Ummal, 10/29099)

"If a person obtains ilm for anybody except Allah, he should prepare for his place in Hell." (Tirmidhi, Ilm, 6 )

"Ilm is better than deeds; religion strengthens through taqwa. A scholar is a person who acts based on his ilm, though a little." (Kanzul-Ummal, 10/28657)

"Shall I inform you about a perfect fiqh scholar? He does not allow people to lose hope of Allah’s mercy; he does not lead them to despair; he does not make them feel sure of Allah’s penalty and he does not leave the Quran for worldly things. Know it very well that a deed of worship that is not understood is no good and an ilm that is not thought on is no good." (Kanzul-Ummal, 10/28943; Darimi, Muqaddima, 29)

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