‘I don’t know what is behind this wall of mine’

Question:

Kindly provide the reference and authenticity of the following Hadith:

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: ‘I don’t know what is behind this wall of mine.’

Answer:

‘Allamah Sakhawi and others (rahimahumullah) have quoted Ibn Hajar (rahimahullah) to have stated that this Hadith has no basis (لا أصل له).

(Al-Maqasidul Hasanah, Hadith: 932, Al-Asrarul Marfu’ah, Hadith: 394, Kashful Khafa, Hadith: 2175; Also see: Al-Fawaidul Majmu’ah, pg. 327)

Also see here.

And Allah Ta’ala knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Farhan Shariff

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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