What is the authenticity if this narration?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Allah Ta’ala does not accept the repentance of every innovator until he leaves out his innovation.”
Answer:
Imam Tabarani, Imam Bayhaqi (rahimahumallah) and others have recorded this narration on the authority of Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu ‘anhu)
(Al Mu’jamul Awsat, Hadith: 4214 and Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 9011)
‘Allamah Mundhiri has declared the chain of narrators of Tabarani sound (hasan) and Hafiz Haythami (rahimahullah) has declared the narrators reliable.
(Targhib, vol. 1 pg. 86 and Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 10 pg. 189)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar