SIGNS OF MAWDŪ‘ HADITHS AND THE WAYS TO RECOGNIZE 

1. Confession of the forger,
2. Deficiency in the words or meaning of the hadith,
3. Lack of reliable hadith books,
4. Only one claimant of an event that many people could have witnessed,
5. Their contradiction of the Quran or authenticated sunnah practice,
6. Being opposed to the mind, senses or observation,
7. Their contradiction of historical events.