Is this Hadith authentic?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“If a group of Muslims numbering one hundred, offer Janazah Salah over a dead person all of them interceding for him, their intercession for him will be accepted.”
Answer:
Imam Muslim (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith in his Sahih, on the authority of Sayyidah ‘Aaishah (radiyallahu ‘anha). The Hadith is therefore authentic.
(Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 947)
Other narrations in Sunan Tirmidhi and Sahih Muslim suggest that if forty people or three rows perform a person’s Janazah, Allah Ta’ala will accept their intercession on his behalf.
‘Allamah Nawawi (rahimahullah) states that whichever one is found; three rows, forty people or one hundred people, [insha Allah], their intercession will be accepted on behalf of the deceased.
(Sahih Muslim with Al Minhaj, Hadith: 2195)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar