{"fatawa":{"id":7817,"title":"Virtue of Saying Subhan Allah Wa\u2019l-hamdu Lillah","slug":"virtue-of-saying-subhan-allah-wal-hamdu-lillah","order":"","question":"Brother, could you please tell me the authenticity of the hadeeth that if you say subhanallah a tree is planted for you in Paradise and then if you say allhamdulilah the leaves of that tree shed into angels which you can ask Allah to beg forgiveness for you till the Day of Resurrection.","answer":"Praise be to Allah.\r\nFirstly: \r\n\r\nIn the saheeh hadeeth (authentic narration) about the virtues of tasbeeh (glorifying Allah), it says that this is a phrase for which a palm tree is planted in Paradise.\r\n\r\nIt was narrated from Jabir (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 says Subhan Allah il \u2018azeem wa bi hamdihi (Glory and praise be to Allah, the Almighty), a palm tree will be planted for him in Paradise.\u201d \r\n\r\nNarrated by al-Tirmidhi (3464) who said: This is a hasan saheeh ghareeb hadeeth, which we know only from the hadeeth of Abu\u2019l-Zubayr from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him). And al-Mundhiri said (2\/347): Its isnad (chain of transmission) is jayyid (good). It was classed as hasan (sound) by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in Nataij al-Afkar (1\/104). It was classed as saheeh (authentic) by al-Albani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah (hadeeth no. 64). \r\n\r\nSecondly: \r\n\r\nAs for the hadeeths which depict the palm tree that is planted for saying Subhan Allah, and describe its leaves and branches in detail, none of them are saheeh. Three marfoo\u2019 hadeeths (reports attributed to the Prophet) were narrated concerning this \u2013 according to what we have read \u2013 and all of them are severely weak or false. Here follows a more detailed discussion about them. \r\n\r\nThe first hadeeth was narrated from Ibn \u2018Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and complained to him of poverty or debt. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him:\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat about the prayer of the angels and the tasbeeh of all creation by means of which Allah sends down provision from heaven?\u201d\r\n\r\nIbn \u2018Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: What is that, O Messenger of Allah? \r\n\r\nThe Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sat up straight, as he had been reclining, and said:\r\n\r\n\u201cO Ibn \u2018Umar, from the break of dawn until Fajr (early morning) prayer say: Subhan Allah wa bi hamdihi, subhan Allah al-\u2018Azeem wa astaghfir Allah (Glory and praise be to Allah, glory be to Allah, the Almighty, and I ask Allah for forgiveness), one hundred times, and worldly pleasure and comfort will surely come to you, and for every word that you say, Allah will create an angel who will glorify Him, and you will have his reward until the Day of Resurrection.\u201d\r\n\r\nThis hadeeth was narrated by three isnads, all of which are false and fabricated. \r\n\r\n1.\r\n\r\nIt was narrated via Ishaq ibn Ibraheem al-Tabari from \u2018Abd-Allah ibn al-Waleed al-\u2018Adani from Malik ibn Anas from Nafi\u2019 from Ibn \u2018Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). \r\n\r\nIt was also narrated by Ibn Hibban in al-Majrooheen (1\/138) with this isnad, and via Ibn al-Jawzi in al-Mawdoo\u2019at (3\/164). It was narrated by Ibn \u2018Adiyy in al-Kamil fi\u2019l-Du\u2019afa\u2019 (1\/343) and al-Daylami in Musnad al-Firdaws (3731). It was quoted by al-Hafiz in Lisan al-Mizan via the isnad of al-Daraqutni in al-Ruwat \u2018an Malik. Perhaps al-Daraqutni was narrating it here from Ibn Hibban , as is also the case with the isnad of Ibn al-Jazwi. In al-Khasais al-Kubra (2\/262), al-Suyooti attributed it to al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi in Ruwat Malik. In Takhreej Ihya \u2018Uloom al-Deen (1\/299), al-\u2018Iraqi attributed it to al-Mustaghfiri in al-Da\u2019wat. \r\n\r\nI say: this isnad is munkar jiddan (strongly denounced), because of Ishaq ibn Ibraheem al-Tabari, of whom Ibn Hibban said: He is munkar al-hadeeth jiddan (i.e., his narrations are very weak); he narrated fabricated things from trustworthy narrators, and it is not permissible to write down his hadeeth except by way of demonstrating how strange his narrations are. End quote. \r\n\r\n2.\r\n\r\nIt was narrated by Ibn al-Jawzi in al-Mawdoo\u2019at (3\/164) from some unknown (majhool) narrators, where he said: It was narrated by another isnad, Allah knows best what it is: Isma\u2019eel ibn Abi Salih al-Muadhdhin told us, \u2018Abd-Allah ibn \u2018Ali ibn Ishaq al-Faqeeh told us, Abu Hassan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Muzakki told us, Abu\u2019l-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Jabir al-\u2018Attar narrated to us, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ibraheem al-Harawi narrated to us, Abu Raja Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hamdawayh narrated to us, \u2018Ali ibn Jahm narrated to us, \u2018Abd-Allah ibn Waleed narrated to us, from Malik ibn Anas, from Nafi\u2019, from Ibn \u2018Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, I work hard and I hardly earn anything. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him: What about the tasbeeh of the angels? They asked: What is it? He said: \u201cIf you say tasbeeh one hundred times before you pray Fajr, (saying) Subhan Allah wa bi hamdihi, subhan Allah il-\u2018Azeem, Allah will send your provision (rizq) to you thereby even if you do not want it.\u201d End quote.   \r\n\r\n3.\r\n\r\nAl-Suyooti said in al-La\u2019ali al-Masnoo\u2019ah fi\u2019l-Ahadeeth al-Mawdoo\u2019ah (1\/462): \r\n\r\nIt has another isnad. Al-Hakim said in his Tareekh: Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Nasarabadhi narrated to us: Al-\u2018Abbas ibn Hamzah narrated to us: Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Shaybani narrated to us: \u2018Abd-Allah ibn Naafi\u2019 al-Madani narrated to us, from Malik, and he mentioned it in the same words as were narrated in the first isnad. Ahmad ibn Khalid: it seems that he is al-Juwaybari, one of the greatest charlatans. And Allah knows best. End quote. \r\n\r\nHence the muhadditheen (scholar specializing in the sciences of hadeeth) are unanimously agreed that this hadeeth is da\u2019eef (weak). \r\n\r\nIbn Hibban said concerning it in al-Majrooheen (1\/138): It has no basis at all, and I do not doubt that it is a fabrication attributed to Malik. End quote.  \r\n\r\nIn his book al-Kamil fi\u2019l-Du\u2019afa, Ibn \u2018Adiyy said: It is falsely attributed to Malik. \r\n\r\nIbn al-Jawzi said in al-Mawdoo\u2019at (3\/164): \r\n\r\nThis hadeeth is not soundly narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). End quote. \r\n\r\nAl-\u2018Iraqi said in Takhreej Ihya \u2018Uloom al-Deen li\u2019l-Ghazali (1\/299): \r\n\r\nIt was narrated by al-Mustaghfiri in al-Da\u2019wat from the hadeeth of Ibn \u2018Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: It is ghareeb from the hadeeth of Malik, and I do not know of any basis for it in the hadeeth of Malik. End quote. \r\n\r\nAl-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in Lisan al-Meezan (3\/434), in his biography of \u2018Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Yahmadi, or it was said al-Tameemi: \r\n\r\nHe is an unknown Shaykh. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ghalib, who is known as Ghulam Khaleel but he is worthless, narrated from him. Al-Daraqutni narrated in al-Ruwat \u2018an Malik from Dawood ibn Habeeb, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ghalib, from him, from Malik, from Nafi\u2019, from Ibn \u2018Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: A man said: O Messenger of Allah \u2026 and he mentioned the same hadeeth. \r\n\r\nAl-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said: It was narrated by al-Khateeb via Abu\u2019l-Fath al-Azdi, from \u2018Abd-Allah ibn Ghalib, from Ghulam Khaleel, from \u2018Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Tameemi. \r\n\r\nAnd he narrated a similar report via Abu Hammah Muhammad ibn Yoosuf, from Yazeed ibn Abi Hakeem, from Ishaq ibn Ibraheem al-Tabari, from Malik, and he said: It is not saheeh from Malik, and I do not think that Ishaq met Maalik. \r\n\r\nAnd it was narrated by a group with isnads which are all weak. End quote. \r\n\r\nThe ruling on it has been mentioned in the answer to question no. 110949 \r\n\r\nThe second hadeeth:\r\n\r\nAl-Suyooti narrated in al-Hawi lil-Fatawi (2\/40) a hadeeth with a similar meaning: \r\n\r\n\u201cWhoever says Subhan Allah wa bi hamdihi, Allah will create for him an angel with two eyes and two wings and two lips and a tongue, who will fly with the angels and seek forgiveness for the one who says it until the Day of Resurrection.\u201d \r\n\r\nIt was narrated by the author of al-Seerah al-Halabiyyah (1\/246) and also in Nuzhat al-Jalis (p. 287). \r\n\r\nWe could not find the isnad of this hadeeth. \r\n\r\nThe third hadeeth: \r\n\r\nIt was narrated that Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: \r\n\r\n\u201cWhoever says Subhan Allah wa bi hamdihi, Allah will plant for him one thousand palm trees in Paradise, with trunks of gold and branches of pearl, with fruits like the breasts of virgins and sweeter than honey and softer than butter. Every time he takes something from it, it will be restored as it was.\u201d \r\n\r\nThis was narrated by Ibn \u2018Adiyy in al-Kamil fi\u2019l-Du\u2019afa\u2019 (2\/150). He said: Hudhayfah narrated to us, Abu Umayyah narrated to us, Ja\u2019far ibn Jasr ibn Farqad al-Qasaab narrated to us, from his father, from Thabit, from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him). \r\n\r\nI say: With regard to this Ja\u2019far ibn Jasr, Ibn \u2018Adiyy said of him in al-Kamil (2\/150), after quoting this hadeeth of his among the munkar (weak and odd) reports: \r\n\r\nJa\u2019far ibn Jasr narrated munkar ahadeeth other than that which I have mentioned, and I did not see any comment concerning him from those who speak of men\u2019s biographies, and I do not know how they could have overlooked him, because most of what he narrated is munkar. I mentioned him when I criticized the isnads and texts (mutoon) that he narrated. Perhaps that is because he is like his father, because his father was discussed by those who came before us and spoke of weak narrators (al-du\u2019afa\u2019), as I have not seen Ja\u2019far narrate from anyone but his father. End quote. \r\n\r\nAl-\u2018Aqeeli said in al-Du\u2019afa\u2019 al-Kabeer (1\/187): \r\n\r\nHis memory is very bad, and he narrated munkar reports. End quote.\r\n\r\nIbn al-Jawzi said in al-\u2018Ilal al-Mutanahiyah (2\/833): \r\n\r\nThis hadeeth is not saheeh. End quote. \r\n\r\nHe was classed as da\u2019eef by Ibn al-Qayyim in al-Manar al-Muneef (p. 43) and by al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi in Meezan al-I\u2019tidal (1\/404). In the comments of Shahr ibn Hawshab, the famous narrator, it says: \r\n\r\n\u201cWhoever says Subhan Allah wa bi hamdihi, Allah will create an angel for these words of his, who will go to the fourth heaven and wash in a river called the River of Life, then he will emerge from it and shake his wings, from which there will fall something like drops of rain, and from each drop Allah will create an angel which will glorify Him and sanctify Him, and that will continue until the first Trumpet blast.\u201d \r\n\r\nThis was narrated by Abu\u2019l-Shaykh al-Asbahani in al-\u2018Azamah (1\/492) who said: al-Fadl ibn al-\u2018Abbas ibn Mahran narrated to us, Yahya ibn \u2018Abd-Allah ibn Bukayr narrated to us, Muslim ibn Khalid narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Husayn, from Shahr ibn Hawshab. \r\n\r\nTo sum up, there is no saheeh hadeeth which says that if a Muslim glorifies his Lord, Allah will create an angel who will pray for forgiveness for him until the Day of Resurrection. \r\n\r\nAnd Allah knows best.\r\n\r\nIslam Q&A","status":1,"created_at":"2014-10-28T20:51:56.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-10-28T20:51:56.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":32,"parent_id":7816,"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":"2014-10-28"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/7817"}