If people knew the virtue of Ramadan, they would have wished that the entire year was Ramadan

Is the following Hadith authentic?

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “If only the slaves of Allah knew the virtue of Ramadan they would have wished that the entire year would be Ramadan”

Answer:

This is part of a lengthy Hadith on the virtue of Ramadan. The chain consists of an extremely weak narrator.

See more on this Hadith here.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

This answer was collected from HadithAnswers.com. The answers were either answered or checked by Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (rahimahullah) who was a Shaykhul Hadith in South Africa, or by his son, Moulana Muhammad Abasoomer (hafizahullah), who is a Hadith specialist. 

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