{"fatawa":{"id":7908,"title":"Weakness of a hadeeth about the virtues of Ramadaan","slug":"weakness-of-a-hadeeth-about-the-virtues-of-ramadaan","order":"","question":"How sound is the hadeeth narrated from Salmaan al-Faarisi (may Allaah be pleased with him) in which he is reported to have said: \u201cThe Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) addressed us on the last day of Sha\u2019baan and said: \u2018O People, there has come to you a great and blessed month, a month in which there is a night that is better than a thousand months. Allaah has made fasting (this month) an obligation and spending its nights in prayer an act of voluntary worship. Whoever draws near to Allaah during this month by doing some good deeds is like one who does an obligatory action at any other time, and the one who does an obligatory action during this month is like one who does seventy obligatory actions at any other times. It is a month whose beginning is mercy, its middle is forgiveness and its end is ransom from the Fire\u2026\u2019\u201d??","answer":"Praise be to Allaah.  \r\nThis hadeeth was narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh, 3\/191, no. 1887. He said, \u201cIf the report is saheeh \u2026\u201d but the word \u2018if\u2019 was omitted in some references such as al-Targheeb wa\u2019l-Tarheeb by al-Mundhiri (2\/95), so they thought that Ibn Khuzaymah said, \u201cThe report is saheeh,\u201d although he did not state that. \r\n\r\nIt was also narrated by al-Mahaamili in al-Amaali (293); by al-Bayhaqi in Shu\u2019ab al-Eemaan (7\/216); Fadaa\u2019il al-Awqaat, p. 146, no. 37; by Abu\u2019l-Shaykh Ibn Hibbaan in Kitaab al-Thawaab; it was attributed to him by al-Saa\u2019aati in al-Fath al-Rabbaani (9\/233); it was mentioned by al-Suyooti in al-Durr al-Manthoor, and he said, it was narrated by al-\u2018Aqeeli and he classed it as da\u2019eef (weak); it was mentioned by al-Isbahaani in al-Targheeb, and by al-Munaqqi in Kanz al-\u2018Ummaal (8\/477). All of them narrated it via Sa\u2019eed ibn al-Musayyib from Salmaan al-Faarisi. The isnaad of the hadeeth is da\u2019eef (weak) for two reasons, which are: \r\n\r\n1 \u2013 There is a break in the chain of narrators, because Sa\u2019eed ibn al-Musayyib did not hear it from Salmaan al-Faarisi (may Allaah be pleased with him).\r\n\r\n2 \u2013 Its isnaad includes \u2018Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jad\u2019aan, of whom Ibn Sa\u2019d said: \u201cThere is some weakness in him and he cannot be quoted as evidence. He was classed as da\u2019eef (weak) by Ahmad, Ibn Ma\u2019een, al-Nasaa\u2019i, Ibn Khuzaymah, al-Jawzjaani and others, as it says in Siyar A\u2019laam al-Nubala\u2019, 5\/207. \r\n\r\nAbu Haatim al-Raazi judged the hadeeth to be munkar (a kind of weak hadeeth). Al-\u2018Ayni said likewise in \u2018Umdat al-Qaari\u2019, 9\/20, as did Shaykh al-Albaani in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da\u2019eefah wa\u2019l-Mawdoo\u2019ah, vol. 2\/262. no. 871. So it becomes clear that the isnaad of this hadeeth and similar reports are all da\u2019eef (weak), and that the muhadditheen (scholars of hadeeth) judged it to be munkar, in addition to the fact that it contains some phrases whose authenticity is subject to further examination, such as its dividing the month into three parts, saying that the first ten days are mercy, then forgiveness, then ransom from the Fire. There is no evidence for this, rather the bounty of Allaah is immense, all of Ramadaan is mercy and forgiveness, and there are those whom Allaah ransoms from the Fire every night and at the time of breaking the fast, as is proven by the ahaadeeth. \r\n\r\nMoreover, in this hadeeth it says, \u201cWhoever draws near to Allaah during this month by doing some good deeds is like one who does an obligatory action.\u201d There is no evidence for this, rather naafil actions are naafil and obligatory actions are obligatory in Ramadaan and at other times. This hadeeth also says, \u201cand the one who does an obligatory action during this month is like one who does seventy obligatory actions at any other times.\u201d This number is subject to further examination, because a good deed earns a reward between ten and seven hundred times in Ramadaan and at other times, and nothing is exempted from that apart from fasting, for its reward is immense and unlimited, because of the hadeeth qudsi: \u201cEvery deed of the son of Adam is for him, except for fasting, which is for Me and I shall reward for it.\u201d (Agreed upon; narrated from Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him). \r\n\r\nWe must beware of da\u2019eef (weak) hadeeth and make sure of their status before we speak of them. We must strive to find out the saheeh ahaadeeth about the virtues of Ramadaan. May Allaah grant us all strength and accept our fasting, night prayers and all our good deeds. \r\n\r\nAnd Allaah knows best. \r\n\r\nDr. Ahmad ibn \u2018Abd-Allaah al-Baatili.","status":1,"created_at":"2014-10-29T20:51:56.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-10-29T20:51:56.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":32,"parent_id":7907,"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":"2014-10-29"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/7908"}