Question:
Can you please provide me with the grading for the following Hadith:
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Once my nation considers five things permissible, then destruction will befall them: when cursing one another appears, wine is drunk, silk is worn [by men], musical instruments are played, and men suffice themselves with men and women suffice themselves with women.”
Answer:
Imam Bayhaqi (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu ‘anhu). Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “When my ummah deems five things permissible, then destruction will befall them; When cursing one another becomes manifest, they drink wine, [men] wear silk, they take up musical [instruments] and men are satisfied with men and women are satisfied with women.”
(Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 5086)
Imam Bayhaqi (rahimahullah) has declared the chain weak but states that due to corroboration, it gains strength.
(Also see: Targhib, vol. 3 pg. 98 and Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 7 pg. 331)
The Hadith is therefore suitable to quote.
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And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar