Is this narration authentic?
Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu’anhu) reported that Allah’s Messenger said:
“Purify these bodies and Allah will purify you, for there is no slave who goes to sleep in a state of purity but an Angel spends the night with him, and every time he turns over, [the Angel] says, ‘O Allah! Forgive Your slave, for he went to bed in a state of purity.”
Answer:
This Hadith is recorded in Al-Mu’jamul Awsat of Tabarani, Hadith: 5087
‘Allamahs: Mundhiri and Dimyati (rahimahumallah) have declared the chain as good (Jayyid).
(Targhib, vol.1 pg. 409 and Al-Matjarur Rabih, Hadith: 353. Also see: Majma’uz Zawaid, vol.1 pg.226 and Faydul Qadir, Hadith: 5278 for a similar Hadith)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,
Answered by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar