Is this authentic?
It appears in a Hadith that whomsoever offers Fajr Salah for forty (40) days without missing the first rak’ah, will not die until he sees his abode in Jannah.
Answer:
The Muhaddithun have declared this narration a fabrication. The Hadith is therefore not suitable to quote.
(Refer: Mizanul I’tidal, vol. 1 pg. 209, number: 767, Talkhisu Kitabil Mawdu’at, Hadith: 445, Tanzihush Shari’ah, vol. 2 pg. 97)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar