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An unauthentic form of Salah to be recited on Friday eve

Is the following Hadith authentic?

“Whomsoever performs two units of Salah on the eve of Friday, reciting Surah Fatihah and fifteen times Surah Zilzal in each rak’ah, Allah will protect him from the punishment of the grave and from the horrors of the Day of Qiyamah”

Answer

This Hadith has been recorded in certain Hadith sources via an extremely weak chain. ‘Allamah ‘Iraqi (rahimahullah) and others have declared the above Hadith as extremely weak (munkar). The Hadith is not suitable to quote or for practice.

(Refer: Talkhisu Kitabil Mawdu’at, Hadith: 425, Al Mughni ‘An Hamlil Asfar, Hadith: 620, Tanzihush Shari’ah, vol. 2 pg. 110/111 and Al Atharul Marfu’ah of Shaykh ‘Abdul Hay Al-Lakhnawi, pg. 56 )

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar

This answer was collected from HadithAnswers.com. The answers were either answered or checked by Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (rahimahullah) who was a Shaykhul Hadith in South Africa, or by his son, Moulana Muhammad Abasoomer (hafizahullah), who is a Hadith specialist. 

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