Question:
Assalamualaikum
Q1-In some books it mentions that by reading Salaat with Amaamah the reward of Salaat increases seventy times is this proven to be Sahih Ahaadith?
Q2-If the above is proven by sahih Ahaadith could you please provide the Ahaadith with reference
Jazakumullah
Wassalaam
Answer:
The reputable scholar Allamah Sakhaawi (R.A.A.) has stated in his book Al-Maqaasidul Hasanah that this Hadith is baseless. We should at all times abstain from quoting such sayings. (Al-Maqaasidul Hasanah Page 346)
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Ebrahim bin Zainul Abedeen Backus
Attested to as correct by:
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Darul Iftaa
Jameah Mahmoodiyah
Springs
16 December 2004
04 Thul Qa’dah 1425