{"fatawa":{"id":7430,"title":"How sound is the hadeeth, \u201cWhoever sends blessings upon me eighty times on Friday, his sins will be forgiven for eighty years\u201d?","slug":"how-sound-is-the-hadeeth-whoever-sends-blessings-upon-me-eighty-times-on-friday-his-sins-will-be-forgiven-for-eighty-years","order":"","question":"I have a question about a hadeeth, according to which Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: \u201cThe one who recites eighty times after \u2018Asr prayer on Friday, before he gets up from his place, Allah will forgive his sins for eighty years, and will record for him the reward of worshipping for eighty years,\u201d and that is to say this dhikr eighty times: \u201cO Allah, send blessings and peace upon Muhammad the unlettered Prophet.\u201d \r\nIs this hadeeth saheeh? Can I follow it? Because I see many people doing these things.","answer":"Praise be to Allah.\r\nThis hadeeth was narrated by Ibn Shaheen in at-Targheeb fi Fadaa\u2019il al-A\u2018maal (p. 14) via \u2018Awn ibn \u2018Umaarah, from Sakan al-Burjumi, from Hajjaaj ibn Sinaan, from \u2018Ali ibn Zayd, from Sa\u2018eed ibn al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: \u201cSending blessings upon me will be light on the siraat. Whoever sends blessings upon me eighty times on Friday, his sins will be forgiven for eighty years.\u201d \r\n\r\nSome of the later scholars were lenient and classed this hadeeth as hasan; however the correct view is that the hadeeth is da\u2018eef (weak), and in fact it is da\u2018eef jiddan (very weak), because its isnaad includes three da\u2018eef narrators, namely: \r\n\r\n1.     \u2018Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jad\u2018aan al-Basri \r\n\r\nHammaad ibn Zayd said: He used to mix up hadeeths. Shu\u2018bah stated that he was confused. Ahmad said: He is nothing. Abu Zar\u2018ah said: He is not strong; he made mistakes. Abu Haatim said: He cannot be quoted as evidence. Ad-Daaraqutni said: In my view there is still some weakness in him\r\n\r\nEnd quote from al-Mughni fi ad-Du\u2018afa\u2019 by adh-Dhahabi (2\/447) \r\n\r\n2.     Hajjaaj ibn Sinaan \r\n\r\nAl-Azdi said concerning him: He is matrook (rejected). See: Lisaan al-Mizaan by Ibn Hajar (2\/563). \r\n\r\n3.     \u2018Awn ibn \u2018Umaarah al-Qaysi \r\n\r\nAbu Zar\u2018ah said: His hadeeth is odd. Al-Haakim said: I met him but I did not write down anything from him, and his hadeeth was odd and he was weak in narrating hadeeth. Abu Dawood said: He is da\u2018eef.\r\n\r\nEnd quote from Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb (8\/173). \r\n\r\nAmong the imams (leading scholars) who classed the hadeeth as da\u2018eef were: ad-Daaraqutni; al-Haafiz ibn Hajar in Nataa\u2019ij al-Afkaar (5\/56)\u2019 as-Sakhkhaawi in al-Qawl al-Badee\u2018 (p.284); al-Mannaawi in Fayd al-Qadeer (4\/249); al-Hoot al-Beiruti in Asna al-Mataalib (p. 175); Shaykh al-Albaani in al-Silsilah ad-Da\u2018eefah (8\/274). \r\n\r\nThere is a corroborating report for the hadeeth in the hadeeth of Anas ibn Maalik, who said: I was standing in front of the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and he said: \u201cWhoever sends blessings upon me on Friday eighty times, Allah will forgive him the sins of eighty years.\u201d It was said: How may we send blessings upon you, O Messenger of Allah? He said: \u201cSay: \u2018O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, Your slave, Your Messenger and Your Prophet, the unlettered Prophet\u2019 and count it as one.\u201d\r\n\r\nNarrated by al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadi in Tareekh Baghdad (13\/464). Its isnaad includes Wahb ibn Dawood ibn Sulaymeen ad-Dareer.\r\n\r\nAdh-Dhahabi said: al-Khateeb said: He was not trustworthy. Then he mentioned a hadeeth fabricated by him.\r\n\r\nEnd quote from al-Mughni fi ad-Du\u2018afa\u2019 (2\/727) \r\n\r\nSomething similar was mentioned by Ibn al-Jawzi in al-Ahaadeeth al-Waahiyah (no. 796 \u2013 where he listed very weak hadeeths). \r\n\r\nShaykh al-Albaani said: He should have listed it in his other book, al-Ahaadeeth al-Mawdoo\u2018aat (Fabricated Hadeeths). That would have been more appropriate, because tThe signs of fabrication are very clear in it. The saheeh hadeeths that speak of the virtue of sending blessings upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) are sufficient and there is no need for reports such as this. For example, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: \u201cWhoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah will send blessings upon him tenfold.\u201d Narrated by Muslim and others. End quote. Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth ad-Da\u2018eefah wa al-Mawdoo\u2018ah (1\/383) \r\n\r\nAnd Allah knows best.\r\n\r\nIslam Q&A","status":1,"created_at":"2014-10-25T20:51:56.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-10-25T20:51:56.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":32,"parent_id":7429,"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":"2014-10-25"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/7430"}