{"fatawa":{"id":7669,"title":"The story of \u2018Alqamah and his mother who got angry with him is a fabricated story","slug":"the-story-of-alqamah-and-his-mother-who-got-angry-with-him-is-a-fabricated-story","order":"","question":"There is a hadeeth about a righteous man who was called \u2018Alqamah; he was on his deathbed and had not uttered the kalimah (declaration of faith). Then the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) sent for his mother, who said that she was angry with him, because he used to favour his wife over her. Then after that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) gathered firewood and told his mother that he would burn her son before her very eyes. She said: O Messenger of Allah, he is my son and I cannot bear to see you burning him in front of me! The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: \u201cO mother of \u2018Alqamah, the punishment of Allah is more severe and longer lasting. If you want Allah to forgive him, then forgive him (yourself). By the One in Whose hand is my soul, his prayer, fasting and zakaah will not benefit him so long as you are angry with him.\u201d So the woman forgave her son, and after some time he died, after uttering the shahaadatayn (twin declaration of faith). The hadeeth says that after that, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) called out to the Muhaajireen and Ansaar, saying: \u201cIf one of you gives precedence to his wife over his mother, Allah, the angels and all the people will curse him, and Allah will not accept his charity or righteous deeds unless he repent to Allah, may He be exalted, and seeks the pardon and pleasure of his mother. Allah remains angry because of her anger.\u201d It was said that the hadeeth is in Musnad Ahmad, but I cannot find it. If it is saheeh, I hope you can tell me where it is.","answer":"Praise be to Allah.\r\nThis story was narrated by Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) in his Musnad when he first collected hadeeths for his book; the first compilation contained many da\u2018eef (weak) and rejected hadeeths. Then Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) began to eliminate these hadeeths from his book, and this story is one of the things that he eliminated. \r\n\r\nIn Musnad al-Imam Ahmad (32\/155 \u2013 Mu\u2019sasat ar-Risaalah edition) it says the following: \r\n\r\nAbu \u2018Abd ar-Rahmaan said: In my father\u2019s book there was the hadeeth of Yazeed ibn Haroon: Faa\u2019id ibn \u2018Abd ar-Rahmaan said: I heard \u2018Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa say: \r\n\r\nA man came to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, there is a young man here who is dying. He was told: Say Laa ilaaha ill-Allah, but he could not say it. He said: \u201cDid he not say it during his lifetime?\u201d He said: Of course. He said: \u201cThen what is preventing him from saying it at the time of his death?\u201d \u2026 And he narrated the hadeeth at length. \r\n\r\nMy father did not narrate these two hadeeths \u2013 two hadeeths via Faa\u2019id from Ibn Abi Awfa \u2013 and he crossed them out from his book, because he did not approve of the hadeeth of Faa\u2019id ibn \u2018Abd ar-Rahmaan; in his view his hadeeth was to be rejected.\r\n\r\nEnd quote from al-Musnad. \r\n\r\nWith regard to the rest of the hadeeth, as it appears in other sources that mention it, it is as follows: \r\n\r\nThe Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) got up, and we got up with him, and he went to the young man and said: \u201cO young man, say Laa ilaaha ill-Allah.\u201d He said: I cannot say it. He said: \u201cWhy?\u201d He said: Because I disobeyed my mother. He said: \u201cIs she still alive?\u201d He said: Yes. He said: \u201cSend for her.\u201d So they sent for her; she came and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him said): \u201cIs he your son?\u201d She said: Yes. He said: \u201cWhat do you think, if a fire was lit, and it was said to you: if you do not intercede for him, we will throw him into this fire?\u201d She said: Then I would intercede for him. He said: \u201cThen call upon Allah to witness, and call upon us to witness with you, that you are pleased with him.\u201d She said: I am pleased with my son. He said: \u201cO young man, say Laa ilaaha ill-Allah.\u201d He said: Laa ilaaha ill-Allah. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: \u201cPraise be to Allah, Who has saved him from the Fire.\u201d \r\n\r\nThis was narrated by al-\u2018Aqeeli in ad-Du\u2018afa\u2019 al-Kabeer, 3\/461; and via him by Ibn al-Jawzi in al-Mawdoo\u2018aat, 3\/87. More than one attributed it to at-Tabaraani. It was also narrated by al-Kharaa\u2019iti in Masaawi\u2019 al-Akhlaaq, no. 251; al-Bayhaqi in Shu\u2018ab al-Eemaan, 6\/197 and in Dalaa\u2019il an-Nubuwwah, 6\/205; al-Qazweeni in at-Tadween fi Taareekh Qazween, 2\/369 \r\n\r\nAll of them narrated it via Faa\u2019id ibn \u2018Abd ar-Rahmaan from \u2018Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa. \r\n\r\nThis isnaad is very weak (da\u2018eef jiddan), because of Faa\u2019id ibn \u2018Abd ar-Rahmaan. Imam Ahmad said concerning him: His hadeeth is to be rejected. \r\n\r\nIbn Ma\u2018een said: He is nothing. Ibn Abi Haatim said: I heard my father say: Faa\u2019id\u2019s hadeeth is worthless; his hadeeths should not be written down, and his hadeeths from Ibn Abi Awfa are false and you can hardly see any basis for them; they barely sound like the hadeeth of Ibn Abi Awfa. If a man swore that all of his hadeeths were lies, he would not be breaking his oath. Al-Bukhaari said: His hadeeth is objectionable .\r\n\r\nSee: Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb, 8\/256 \r\n\r\nIbn Hibbaan said: \r\n\r\nHe was one of those who narrated munkar (objectionable) hadeeths from famous narrator and narrated very flawed hadeeths from Ibn Abi Awfa. It is not permissible to quote his hadeeth as evidence. End quote.\r\n\r\nAl-Majrooheen, 2\/203 \r\n\r\nAbu \u2018Abdullah al-Haakim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: \r\n\r\nHe narrated fabricated hadeeths from Ibn Abi Awfa. End quote.\r\n\r\nAl-Madkhal ila as-Saheeh, 155 \r\n\r\nIbn al-Jawzi mentioned this story in al-Mawdoo\u2018aat (3\/87) and said: This hadeeth is not saheeh. End quote. \r\n\r\nIt was also mentioned in al-Mawdoo\u2018aat by Ibn \u2018Iraaq (2\/296), ash-Shawkaani (231), and al-Albaani (no. 3183); and by Shaykh Sulaymaan al-\u2018Alwaan in his essay, al-I\u2018laam bi Wujoob at-Tathabbut fi Riwaayat al-Hadeeth (p. 16-17). \r\n\r\nSee: Qasas la tathbut by Shaykh Mashhoor Hasan Salmaan (3\/19-39, no. 21) \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":7668,"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\/7669"}