What is the status of this narration?
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“May Allah have mercy on my brother Abdullah ibn Rawahah, wherever he was and the time of Salah set in, he would stop his conveyance [to offer Salah]”
Answer
Imam ‘Abdur Razzaq and Imam Tabarani (rahimahumallah) have recorded this narration. Hafiz Haythami (rahimahullah) has declared the chain of Tabarani sound (hasan).
(Musannaf ‘Abdur Razzaq, Hadith: 4430, Al Mu’jamul Kabir, Hadith: 13241, Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 9 pg. 316. Also see Al Mudawi, Hadith: 1872)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar