Ruling of Some Hadīths

 I wanted to know if the following ahadith are reliable. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ (10 times) The prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Who recites blessings upon me 10 times in the morning and 10 times in the evening will obtain my intercession on the Day of Resurrection.”

At-Tabrani reported this Hadith together with two chain of transmissions. One of them is reliable (Jayyid). See Haithami’s Majma’ Az-Zawa’id 10/120, and Al-Albani’s Sahih At-Targhib Wat-Tarhib 1/273 رَضِيتُ باللهِ رَبَّاً، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِيناً، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَى اللهُ عَلِيهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَبِيَّاً (3 times) “Allah has promised that anyone who says this three times every morning or evening will be pleased on the Day of Resurrection.” Ahmad 4/ 337, An-Nasa’i, ‘Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylah p. 4, Ibn As-Sunni (no. 68), At-Tirmithi 5/465.

Its chain of transmission is good (Hasan), Ibn Baz, p. 39. حَسْبِيَ اللهُ لَآ إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ (7 times) Allah will grant whoever recites this seven times in the morning or evening whatever he desires from this world or the next, Ibn As-Sunni (no. 71), Abu Dawud 4/321. Both reports are attributed directly to the Prophet(SAW). The chain of transmission is sound (Sahih). Ibn As-Sunni.

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

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullāhi wa barakātuh.

Here are analyses of the hadīths:

First Hadith

The first hadīth states:

من صلى علي حين يصبح عشرا وحين يمسي عشرا أدركته شفاعتي يوم القيامة

“Whoever recites salāt on me ten times in the morning and ten times in the evening, my intercession will reach him on the Day of Resurrection.”

Imām al-Tabrānī (260 – 360 H) recorded it in his al-Mu‘jam al-Kabīr and Ibn Abī ‘Āsim (207 – 282) in his Kitāb al-Salāt ‘ala l-Nabī[1]. ‘Allāmah al-Sakhāwī explains that there is a break in its chain of transmission.[2] Hence, there is weakness in the narration.

However, a weak hadīth may be acted upon in established acts of virtue (fadā’il al-a‘māl).[3] The virtues of reciting salawāt on the Prophet (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wasallam) are established in authentic hadīths. Hence, one may act on this particular hadīth of reciting ten salawāt in the morning and ten in the evening.

Second Hadīth

The second hadīth states:

ما من عبد مسلم يقول حين يصبح وحين يمسي ثلاث مرات: رضيت بالله ربا وبالإسلام دينا وبمحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم نبيا، إلا كان حقا على الله أن يرضيه يوم القيامة

“There is no Muslim bondsman that says in the evening and in the morning: ‘radītu billāhi rabbā, wabil Islāmi dīnā, wa bi Muhammadin (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wasallam) Nabiyyā,’ three times, except it is a right over Allāh to make him content on the Day of Resurrection.”

Imām Ahmad reported it in his Musnad[4] and al-Tabrānī in his Kitāb al-Du‘ā’.[5]  Al-Nasā’ī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah and al-Hākim also transmitted it but without the words “three times.” Imām al-Nawawī said its chain is strong[6], and al-Dhahabī said it is sahīh.[7]

Hadith 3

The third hadīth states that the Prophet (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wasallam) said:

من قال في كل يوم حين يصبح وحين يمسي: حسبي الله لا إله إلا هو عليه توكلت وهو رب العرش العظيم، سبع مرات كفاه الله عز وجل همه من أمر الدنيا والآخرة

“Whoever says everyday in the morning and in the evening: hasbiyAllāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ‘alayhi tawakkaltu wa huwa rabbul ‘arshil ‘azīm, seven times, Allāh will suffice him of his concerns from the matters of this world and the ākhirah.”

Ibn al-Sunnī and Ibn ‘Asākir narrated it as the words of the Prophet (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wasallam)[8] and Abū Dāwūd narrated it as the words of Abu l-Dardā’ (radiyAllāhu ‘anh)[9]. It is sound.

And Allah Ta‘ālā Knows Best

Zameelur Rahman

Student Darul Iftaa
UK

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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