Question:
Could you please comment whether this Hadith is authentic?
” Almighty Allah recited ‘Surah Yasin’ and ‘Surah Taha’ one thousand years before the creation of Heaven and Earth, and on hearing this the angels said, “Blessing is for the ‘Ummat’ unto whom the Qur’an will be sent down, blessing is for the hearts that will bear, i.e. memorize it, and blessing is for the tongues that will recite it.”
Answer:
The Hadith, almighty Allah recited Surah Yasin and Surah Taha one thousand years before the creation of the Heavens and the Earth and on hearing this the Angels said: “Blessing is for the Ummat unto whom the Qur’an will be sent down, blessing is for the hearts that will bear, i.e. memorize it and blessing is for the tongues that will recite it.” Was found in Musnad Daarmi volume 4, page 2148. In the footnotes of this Hadith, it is written that the chain of narrators is very weak. Ibne Hibbaan and Ibne Jawzi have written that the text of this Hadith is Mawdhoo’
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Nezaam bin Yahya Ali
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Darul Iftaa
Jameah Mahmoodiyah
Springs
29 June 2005
22 Jumaadul Oola 1426