Question:
Is this narration correct?
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever earned money from forbidden sources, then freed from it, and joined ties, that will still be insistence on sins.”
Answer:
Sayyiduna Abut Tufayl (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whomsoever earns haram wealth, then sets a slave free from that wealth or joins family ties with that wealth, he will be sinful for those [deeds].”
(Al Mu’jamul Kabir; Refer; Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 10 pg. 291/292)
‘Allamah Haythami (rahimahullah) has declared one of the narrators weak. However, the Hadith is well corroborated and is suitable to quote.
(See: Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah, Hadith: 2471, Sahih Ibn Hibban; Al Ihsan, Hadith: 3216 and 3367 and Targhib, vol. 2 pg. 549)
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