What is the status of this Hadith?
Sayyiduna Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Indeed for everything there is a heart, and the Quran’s heart is [Surah] Yasin. Whoever recites Yasin, then for its recitation, Allah writes for him that he recited the Quran ten times.” (Tirmidhi)
Answer:
Imam Tirmidhi (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith and declared it weak.
(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 2887. Also see: Targhib, vol. 2 pg. 377)
Other Muhaddithun were of the view that the Hadith is unreliable.
(Refer: Al Muntakhab Minal ‘Ilal Lil Khallal of Hafiz Ibn Qudamah Al Maqdisi, pg. 97-98, ‘Ilalul Hadith, vol. 3 pg. 42 and Mizanul I’tidal, vol. 5 pg. 47-48)
Note:
Imam Ahmad (rahimahullah) has recorded a narration which also labels Surah Yasin as the heart of the Quran. See here.
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