What is the authenticity of the following narration?
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “By Allah, None will exit Jahannam until he spends a few hiqb in there.” One hiqb is approximately eighty (80) years, each year is 360 days.
Answer:
Imam Bazzar (rahimahullah) has recorded this narration on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma).
(Musnad Bazzar; Al Bahruz Zakkhar, Hadith: 5980)
Hafiz Ibn Hajar and ‘Allamah Haythami (rahimahumallah) have declared a narrator very weak. Imam Ibn ‘Adiy (rahimahullah) has declared the Hadith unreliable (munkar) and ‘Allamah Dhahabi (rahimahullah) has declared the Hadith a fabrication.
(Mukhtasar Zawaid Bazzar, Hadith: 2249, Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 10 pg. 395 and Lisanul Mizan, vol. 4 pg. 176/177)
The Hadith should not be quoted.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar