{"fatawa":{"id":7848,"title":"A fabricated hadeeth about the reason why the five daily prayers were prescribed","slug":"a-fabricated-hadeeth-about-the-reason-why-the-five-daily-prayers-were-prescribed","order":"","question":"How authentic this Hadeeth is: \r\nIt was narrated that Ali, may Allah be pleased with him said: \u201cWhile Allah\u2019s messenger (PBUH) was sitting between the Ansaar and the Muhajireen, a group of Jews came to him and said: \u201cOh Muhammad! We ask you about words Allah has given to Moses Ben Imraan, Allah will not give them but to a sent messenger or a close angel. The prophet (PBUH) said: \u201cAsk\u201d. They said: \u201cOh Muhammad! Tell us about the five prayers that Allah obligated upon your nation\u201d. The prophet (PBUH) said: \r\n\u201cFajr prayer: the sun rises between two horns of Satan, to it every disbeliever prostrates. Every believer who prays Fajr in congregation for forty days Allah will grant him two warrants, to save him from hell and hypocrisy. They said: \u201cThe truth you said, Oh Muhammad!\u201d  \r\nThe prophet (PBUH) continues: \u201cDhuhr prayer: It is the time that hell flares up during. Every believer who prays this prayer Allah will prevent him from the flames of hell at the Day of Resurrection.   \r\nAsr prayer: Is the time of when Adam, peace be upon him, ate from the tree. Every believer who prays this prayer Allah will clear him of all his since as if he was just born.  \r\nMaghrib prayer: Is the time Allah accepted Adam\u2019s repentance. Every believer who prays this prayer and asks Allah for anything, Allah will definitely give it to him.   \r\nIsha prayer: The grave is dark; the Day of Resurrection is also dark. Every believer who walks in darkness to pray this prayer, Allah will prevent him from hell, and he will given light by which he passes the Siraat (a bridge over hell in the hereafter). It is the prayer that messengers before me prayed. Then he recited saying: \u201cGuard strictly the five obligatory prayers especially the middle Salaat (i.e. \u2018Asr)\u201d \r\nMay Allah reward you!.","answer":"Praise be to Allaah.\r\nAfter studying and researching this hadeeth, it is clear that it is false and is a fabrication against the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him); it is not correct to attribute it to him in any circumstances. There is a considerable amount of evidence for that. \r\n\r\n1 \u2013 We did not find this hadeeth in any of the books that narrate ahaadeeth with isnaad, rather those who mentioned it narrated it from people without an isnaad. It is a well known principle in our religion that any hadeeth that was not narrated by the scholars of hadeeth with a saheeh isnaad is to be rejected. \r\n\r\n2 \u2013 Another of the obvious signs that it is fabricated is the fact that we found this hadeeth quoted in the book of Abu\u2019l-Layth al-Samarqandi (d. 375 AH). The name of his book is Tanbeeh al-Ghaafileen bi Ahaadeeth Sayyid al-Anbiya\u2019 wa\u2019l-Mursaleen (p. 264-265). The scholars have stated that this book of his consists of false and fabricated ahaadeeth. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) listed him in Talkhees al-Istighaathah (1\/73) as being among the authors who could not tell sound reports from weak, and who has no experience of either narrated reports or of narrators, rather they narrated both saheeh and da\u2019eef reports, and they did not distinguish between the two. And Imam al-Dhahabi said in his biography in Siyar A\u2019laam al-Nubala\u2019 (16\/323): he could accept fabricated ahaadeeth sue to lack of knowledge. End quote. \r\n\r\n3 \u2013 Another reason why it is to be rejected is that he says of Zuhr prayer that it is a time when Hell is stoked. But what is proven is that the time when Hell is stoked is just before the sun passes the meridian, just before Zuhr, but when the time for Zuhr begins, the time of mercy begins. \r\n\r\nIt was narrated that \u2018Abd-Allaah ibn al-Saa\u2019ib said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to pray four rak\u2019ahs before Zuhr, after the sun had passed the meridian, and he said: \u201cThe gates of heaven are opened and I like to send forth a good deed at this time.\u201d \r\n\r\nNarrated by Ahmad (3\/411); classed as hasan by Ibn Hajar in Nataa\u2019ij al-Afkaar (6\/3) and by Shaykh al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah (3404) and by the commentators on al-Musnad. \r\n\r\nAnother reason is that it goes against that which is mentioned in the saheeh ahaadeeth, that the five daily prayers are one of the unique characteristics of the ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and they were not enjoined on any of the Prophets who came before him. Although some of the scholars disagreed with that, this is the correct view in sha Allaah. Al-Suyooti wrote a chapter in al-Khasaa\u2019is al-Kubra (2\/303) entitled: Chapter on the unique characteristics of (the Prophet) (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in that the five daily prayers were all enjoined upon him, which were not all enjoined for anyone else, and he was the first one to pray \u2018Isha\u2019, which no Prophet before him prayed. In this chapter he quoted a number of ahaadeeth, including the following: \r\n\r\nIt was narrated from Mu\u2019aadh ibn Jabal that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: \u201cDelay this prayer (\u2018Isha\u2019) until it is dark, for you have been favoured with it over all other nations, and no nation prayed this prayer before you.\u201d \r\n\r\nNarrated by Abu Dawood (421); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. \r\n\r\n4 \u2013 Another sign of the weakness of this hadeeth is that it defines the time when Adam ate from the tree, and the time when Allaah accepted his repentance. Such details are akin to what is mentioned in the Israa\u2019eeliyaat (reports from Jewish sources) and reports that are narrated from the People of the Book, which makes it likely that this report was taken from them. \r\n\r\nTo sum up, this report is false and has no basis, so it is not permissible to narrate it or attribute it to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), or to quote it on websites or in chat rooms. \r\n\r\nAnd Allaah 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":7847,"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\/7848"}