Is an officer who issues an instruction in the employer's name without the employer's knowledge committing tadlis in hadith science?

Summary

An officer who issues an instruction in the employer's name without permission or knowledge is not considered to be committing tadlis. The act is regarded as deception, and in hadith science such an act is termed fabrication of hadith. Tadlis itself is divided into Tadlis al-Isnad and Tadlis al-Syuyukh, and most hadith scholars condemn it. Using the employer's name in this way also reflects a lack of trustworthiness and can cause conflict within an organisation.

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