Is the following Hadith authentic?
Can these forty salah be nafl?
“The person who offers forty prayers consecutively in my Masjid, without missing a prayer in between, will secure immunity from the fire of Hell, and from other punishments and also from hypocrisy.”
Answer:
This Hadith is recorded in Musnad Ahmad on the authority of Sayyiduna Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) with a reliable chain.
(Musnad Ahmad, vol.2 pg.155 . Also refer to Targhib, vol.2 pg.215 and Majma’uz zawaid, vol.4 pg.8 )
The Hadith is referring to forty consecutive fard salah.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,
Answered by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar