In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The above-mentioned narration is found in the following books:

1)    Al Targhῑb Fῑ Fadhāil Al A’māl Wa Thawāb Dhālik by Ibn Shāhῑn (d.385 AH)[1]

2)    Al Amalῑ by Ibn Sam’ūn (d.387 AH)[2]

3)    Al Qurbah Ilā Rabbil Ālamῑn Bi Al Ṣalāh ‘Alā Khayril Mursalῑn by Ibn Bashkuwāl (d.578 AH)[3]

4)    Al Mukhtārah by Al Ḍiyā Al Maqdisῑ (d.643 AH)[4]

5)    Al Targhῑb Wal Tarhῑb by Ḥāfidh Al Mundhirῑ (d.656 AH)[5]

6)    Jilā Al Afhām Fῑ Faḍl Al Ṣalāh Wal Salām ‘Alā Muḥammad Khayril Anām by Ibn Qayim Al Jawziyah (d.751 AH)[6]

7)    Al Qawl Al Badῑ’ Fi Al Ṣalāh ‘Alal Ḥabῑb Al Shafῑ’ by ‘Allāmah Sakhāwῑ (d.902 AH)[7]

8)    Al Dur Al Manḍūd Fil Al Ṣalāh Wal Salām ‘Alā Ṣāḥib Al Maqām Al Maḥmūd by Ibn Ḥajar Al Haytamῑ (d.974 AH)[8]

Ibn Shāhῑn (d.385 AH) has narrated the Ḥadῑth with the following chain of narration:

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْبَرَاءِ أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيْزِ الدَّيْنُوْرِيِّ أَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ حَبِيْبِ الْقَنَوِيِّ أَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قاَلَ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ “مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ فِيْ يَوْمٍ أَلْفَ مَرَّةً لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتَّى يَرَى مَقْعَدَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ“ 

Translation:

“‘Uthmān ibn Aḥmad reported to us that Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Al Barā reported to him that Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdil ‘Azῑz Al Daynūrῑ reported to him that Qurrah ibn Ḥabῑb Al Qanawῑ narrated to him that Al Ḥakam ibn ‘Aṭiyyah narrated to him from Thābit from Anas ibn Mālik who said that the Prophet Ṣallallāhu ‘Alayhi Wasallam said, “He who sends 1000 salutations upon me in a day shall not die until he sees his abode in paradise”[9] 

Ismā’ῑl ibn Muḥammad Al Asbahāniῑ (d.535 AH) has narrated a similar Ḥadῑth with the following chain of narration:

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْكَاذِيِّ ثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ الْهَاشْمِيِّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَعْقُوْبَ الْقَسَامِلِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أُسْتَاذٍ ثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ الْقَزَّازُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ حَبِيْبٍ ثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ ثَنَا ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ – رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ – قَالَ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ “مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ فِيْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتَّى يَرَى مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ“

Translation:

“Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillah Al Kādhῑ informed us that Al Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad Al Hāshimῑ reported to him that ‘Abdullah ibn Ya’qūb Al Qasāmli reported to him that Muḥammad ibn Ustādh reported to him that Ja’far ibn Muḥammad ibn Al Ḥasan reported to him that Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillah ibn Sinān Al Qazāz Al Baṣrῑ[10] reported to him that Qurrah ibn Ḥabῑb reported to him that Al Ḥakam ibn ‘Aṭiyyah reported to him that Thābit reported to him from Anas ibn Mālik – Radhiyallāhu ‘Anhu – who said that the Prophet Ṣallallāhu ‘Alayhi Wasallam said, “whoever sends 1000 salutations upon me on the day of Jumu’ah shall not die until he sees his abode in paradise”[11]

Abū Al Shaykh Al Aṣbahānῑ has also narrated a similar Ḥadῑth with the following chain of narration:

حَاتِمُ بْنُ مَيْمُوْنٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ فِيْ يَوْمٍ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتَّى يُبَشَّرَ بِالْجَنَّةِ

Translation:

“Ḥātim ibn Maymūn from Thābit from Anas ibn Mālik who said that the Prophet Ṣallallāhu ‘Alayhi Wasallam said, “whoever sends 1000 salutations upon me in a day shall not die until he is given the glad tidings of paradise””[12]

The first chain of narration contains the following narrators:

1)    Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdil ‘Azῑz Al Daynūrῑ

Ḥāfidh Al Dhahabῑ Raḥimahullah (d.748 AH) writes:

وَهُوَ مُنْكَرُ الْحَدِيْثِ ضَعِيْفٌ ذَكَرَهُ ابْنُ عَدِيٍّ وَذَكَرَ لَهُ مَنَاكِيْرَ عَنْ مُوْسَى بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيْلَ وَمُعَاذِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ وَطَبْقَتِهِمَا وَكَانَ لَيْسَ بِثِقَةٍ يَأْتِيْ بِبَلَايَا 

Translation:

“He was a rejected weak narrator. Ibn ‘Adῑ has discussed him and mentioned his rejected narrations that he has narrated from Mūsā ibn Ismā’ῑl and Mu’ādh ibn Asad and from the people of their generation. He was not reliable and would bring calamities [in his narrations]”[13]

2)    Al Ḥakam ibn ‘Aṭiyyah

Ḥāfidh Al Dhahabῑ Raḥimahullah (d.748 AH) writes:

وَثَّقَهُ ابْنُ مُعِيْنٍ وَضَعَّفَهُ أَبُو الْوَلِيْدِ وَقَالَ النَّسَائِيُّ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ وَقَالَ أَبُوْ حَاتِمٍ يُكْتَبُ حَدِيْثُهُ وَلَا يُحْتَجُّ بِهِ

Translation:

“Ibn Mu’ῑn has considered him reliable, whilst Abul Walῑd has labelled him as weak. Al Nasa’ῑ’ has said “he is not strong” and Abū Ḥātim said “his narrations may be written but cannot be used as evidence”[14]

Ḥāfidh Ibn Ḥajar Al ‘Asqalānῑ Raḥimahullah (d.852 AH) writes:

صَدُوْقٌ لَهُ أَوْهَامٌ

Translation:

“He was truthful but made mistakes”[15]

The second chain of narration also contains the narrator Al Ḥakam ibn ‘Atiyyah who has been discussed above.

Ḥāfidh Al Sakhāwῑ Raḥimahullah (d.902 AH) analyses the narration by stating the following:

رَوَاهُ ابْنُ شَاهِيْنَ فِيْ “تَرْغِيْبِهِ” وَغَيْرُهُ وَابْنُ بَشْكُوَالٍ مِنْ طَرِيْقِهِ وَابْنُ سَمْعُوْنٍ فِيْ “أَمَالِيْهِ” وَهُوَ عِنْدَ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ مِنْ طَرِيْقِ أَبِي الشَّيْخِ الْحَافِظِ وَأَخْرَجَهُ الضِّيَاءُ فِي “الْمُخْتَارَة” وَقَالَ “لَا أَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيْثِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ” قَالَ الدَّارقُطْنِي “حَدَّثَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ أَحَادِيْثَ لَا يُتَابَعُ عَلَيْهَا” وَقَالَ “لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّ أَبَا دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِيْسِيَّ رَوَى عَنْهُ أَحَادِيْثَ مُنْكَرَةً” قَالَ “وَرُوِيَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُعِيْنٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ هُوَ ثِقَةٌ  قُلْتُ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ الْحَكَمِ فَأَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو الشَّيْخِ مِنْ طَرِيْقِ حَاتِمِ بْنِ مَيْمُوْنٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ وَلَفْظُهُ “لَمْ يَمُتْ حَتَى يُبَشَّرَ بِالْجَنَّةِ” وَبِالْجُمْلَةِ فَهُوَ حَدِيْثٌ مُنْكَرٌ كَمَا قَالَهُ شَيْخُنَا

Translation:

“Ibn Shāhῑn has narrated it in his ‘Targhῑb’ and others, and Ibn Bashkawāl from his chain and Ibn Sam’ūn in his ‘Amālῑ’, and it is by Al Daylamῑ from the chain of Abū Shaykh Al Ḥāfidh, and Al Ḍiyā has narrated it in his Al Mukhtārah and said “I do not know it except from the narration of Al Ḥakam ibn ‘Aṭiyyah”. Al Dāruquṭnῑ has said, “he (Al Ḥakam) has narrated from Thābit many narrations which have not been corroborated”, and he also said, “there is no problem with him except that Abū Dāwūd Al Ṭayālisῑ has narrated rejected narrations from him” and he said, “it has been narrated from Yaḥyā ibn Mu’ῑn that he said, “he is reliable”, I say that there are narrators other than Al Ḥakam who have narrated it. Hence, Abū Al Shaykh has narrated it from Ḥātim ibn Maymūn from Thābit and its words are “…he shall not die until he is given the glad tidings of paradise””. In conclusion[16], the Ḥadῑth is a rejected narration (Munkar) as our Shaykh (Ḥāfidh Ibn Ḥajar Al ‘Asqalānῑ (d.852 AH)) has mentioned”[17]

Ḥāfidh ibn Ḥajar Al Haytamῑ (d.974 AH) Raḥimahullah wites:

هُوَ حَدِيْثٌ مُنْكَرٌ

“It is a rejected narration (Munkar)”[18]

In summary, the narration in question has been labelled as very weak (ضعيف جدا) by the expert Muḥadithῑn.

Ḥaḍrat Ubay ibn Ka’b Raḍiyallāhu ‘Anhu states:

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا ذَهَبَ ثُلُثَا اللَّيْلِ قَامَ فَقَالَ “يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ جَاءَتِ الرَّاجِفَةُ تَتْبَعُهَا الرَّادِفَةُ جَاءَ الْمَوْتُ بِمَا فِيهِ جَاءَ الْمَوْتُ بِمَا فِيهِ” قَالَ أُبَيٌّ “قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أُكْثِرُ الصَّلاَةَ عَلَيْكَ فَكَمْ أَجْعَلُ لَكَ مِنْ صَلاَتِي؟” فَقَالَ “مَا شِئْتَ” قُلْتُ “الرُّبُعَ” قَالَ “مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنْ زِدْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ” قُلْتُ “النِّصْفَ” قَالَ “مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنْ زِدْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ” قَالَ قُلْتُ “فَالثُّلُثَيْنِ” قَالَ “مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنْ زِدْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ” قُلْتُ “أَجْعَلُ لَكَ صَلاَتِي كُلَّهَا” قَالَ “إِذًا تُكْفَى هَمَّكَ وَيُغْفَرُ لَكَ ذَنْبُكَ”

“When a third of the night had passed, the Prophet Ṣallallāhu ‘Alayhi Wasallam stood up and said: “Oh you people! Remember Allah! Remember Allah! The Rājifah is coming, followed by the Rādifah, death and what it brings is coming, death and what it brings is coming!”

Ubay said: “I said: “Oh Messenger of Allah! Indeed, I send many salutations. How much of my salutations should I make for you?” He said: “as much as you wish.” I said: “a fourth?” He said: “as much as you wish. But if you add more it would be better for you.” I said: “then half?” He said: “as much as you wish. And if you add more it would be better [for you]” I said: “then two-thirds?” He said: “as much as you wish, but if you add more it would be better [for you].” I said: “should I make all of my salutations for you?” He said: “[if you do that] then your problems will be solved and your sins will be forgiven.””[19]

Accordingly, we would advise that you recite Durūd Sharῑf everyday as much as possible without limiting it to a specific number.

You may also recite the following Durūd Sharῑf that you have mentioned in the query[20]:

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَبَارِكْ وَسَلِّمْ

Transliteration:

“Allāhumma Ṣallῑ ‘Alā Muḥammadin Nabiyyil Ummῑ Wa ‘Alā Ālihi Wa Bārik Wa Sallim”

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mu’ādh Chati

Student Darul Iftaa
Blackburn, England, UK

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.