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Remembering Allah Ta’ala in the marketplace

Question

Is this narration authentic?

Whoever remembers Allah in the markets once, Allah will remember him a hundred times.

 

Answer

This narration has been declared a fabrication by the Muhaddithun. It is therefore not suitable to quote.

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) reported that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever remembers Allah in the marketplace once, Allah will remember him one hundred times.”

(Refer: Tanzihush Shari’ah, vol. 2 pg. 322)

 

Although this narration is not suitable to quote, remembering Allah in the marketplace is indeed meritorious since people are usually negligent of Allah during trade.

See Humayd ibn Hilal Al ‘Adawi’s (rahimahullah) statement regarding remembering Allah Ta’ala in the marketplace here.

 

And Allah Ta’ala knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad 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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