{"fatawa":{"id":7662,"title":"Virtue of Reading Surah al-Dukhan the Night Before Friday","slug":"virtue-of-reading-surah-al-dukhan-the-night-before-friday","order":"","question":"Is it Sunnah (from the Prophet\u2019s teachings) to read Surah al-Dukaan on the night before Friday?","answer":"Praise be to Allah.\r\nThere are marfoo\u2018 hadeeths (reports attributed to the prophet) about the virtue of reading Surah al-Dukhan, but none of them are saheeh (authentic). \r\n\r\nWith regard to the first hadeeth: \r\n\r\nIt was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:\r\n\r\n\u201cWhoever recites Ha-Meem (Surah) al-Dukaan on the night before Friday will be forgiven.\u201d \r\n\r\nIt was narrated by al-Tirmidhi (2889) via Hisham Abu\u2019l-Miqdam, from al-Hasan, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). \r\n\r\nThen al-Tirmidhi said: We only know this hadeeth through this isnad, and Hisham Abu\u2019l-Miqdam is da\u2018eef. And al-Hasan did not hear from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). This was the view of Ayyoob, Yoonus ibn \u2018Ubayd and \u2018Ali ibn Zayd.  \r\n\r\nThus the hadeeth has two faults: \r\n\r\n1.     Abu\u2019l-Miqdam Hisham ibn Ziyad: the muhadditheen (scholars of hadeeth) are unanimously agreed that he is to be regarded as da\u2018eef. Ibn Hibban said: He narrates fabricated reports from trustworthy narrators, and it is not permissible to quote him as evidence. See: Tahdheeb al-Tahdheeb, 11\/39.\r\n\r\n2.     There is a break in the isnad between al-Hasan and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). \r\n\r\nHence it was classed as da\u2018eef by Ibn al-Jawzi in al-Mawdoo\u2018at (1\/247), Ibn al-\u2018Arabi in \u2018Aridah al-Ahwadhi, 6\/35, and al-Albani in Da\u2018eef al-Tirmidhi. \r\n\r\nThe second hadeeth:  \r\n\r\nIn his Tafseer (exegesis) (4\/46), al-Wahidi narrated a hadeeth from Ubayy ibn Ka\u2018b (may Allah be pleased with him) that is similar to the hadeeth quoted above, except that its isnad includes Sallam ibn Saleem who is accused of lying. Hence, al-Shaykh al-Albani, in al-Silsilah al-Da\u2018eefah (no. 4632), ruled that it is da\u2018eef jiddan (very weak). \r\n\r\nAhmad ibn Manee\u2018 also narrated it from Ubayy ibn Ka\u2018b (may Allah be pleased with him) in his Musnad, as it says in al-Busayri\u2019s Ithaf al-Khiyarah al-Maharah (6\/89). Then he said: This isnad is weak because Haroon ibn Katheer is not known.  \r\n\r\nThe third hadeeth: \r\n\r\nIt was narrated from Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:\r\n\r\n\u201cWhoever recites Ha-Meem (Surah) al-Dukhan on the night before Friday or on Friday, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.\u201d \r\n\r\nThis was narrated by al-Tabarani in al-Mu\u2018jam al-Kabeer (8\/264). \r\n\r\nAl-Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: \r\n\r\n(It is) da\u2018eef jiddan (very weak). It was narrated by al-Asfahani in al-Targheeb wa\u2019l-Tarheeb (p. 244) from Hafs ibn \u2018Umar al-Mazini: Fidal ibn Jubayr told us, from Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) in a marfoo\u2018 (attributed directly to the Prophet) report\u2026 \r\n\r\nI [al-Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him)] say: This isnad (chain of transmission) is da\u2018eef jiddan. With regard to Fidal ibn Jubayr, Ibn Hibban said: It is not permissible to quote him as evidence under any circumstances; he narrated hadeeths that have no basis. Because of him, al-Haythami regarded it as a faulty hadeeth and said (2\/168): It was narrated by al-Tabarani in al-Kabeer and its isnad includes Fidal ibn Jubayr, who is da\u2018eef jiddan, and Hafs ibn \u2018Umar al-Mazini, who is not known, as it says in al-Lisan. End quote. \r\n\r\nSilsilah al-Ahadeeth al-Da\u2018eefah wa\u2019l-Mawdoo\u2018ah, 11\/191, no. 5112 \r\n\r\nThis hadeeth is also classed as da\u2018eef in Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daimah, 3\/141 \r\n\r\nAnd Allah knows best.\r\n\r\nIslam Q&A","status":1,"created_at":"2014-10-27T20:51:56.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-10-27T20:51:56.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":32,"parent_id":7661,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u0623\u062d\u0627\u062f\u064a\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0636\u0639\u064a\u0641\u0629","category_slug":"","get_date":"2014-10-27"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/7662"}