Q: ﻗَﺎﻟَﺖْ ﻋَﺎﺋِﺸَﺔُ ﺭﺿﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻬﺎ ﻛَﺎﻥَ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺒِﻰُّ – ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ – ﻻَ ﻳَﻨَﺎﻡُ ﺣَﺘَّﻰ ﻳَﻘْﺮَﺃَ ﺍﻟﺰُّﻣَﺮَ ﻭَﺑَﻨِﻰ ﺇِﺳْﺮَﺍﺋِﻴﻞَ
Aisha (radhiyallahu anha) said, “Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) wouldn’t go to sleep until he read Az-Zumar and Bani Isra’il. (Collected by At-Tirmithi (3405), Ibn Khuzaymah (1/126/2) Al-Hakim (2/434) Ahmed (2/68 /122) At-Tirmithi graded this hadeeth as being Hasan Ghareeb. And Shaykh Al-Albani said “The men in the isnad are trustworthy [ Silsilahtus Saheehah 641 ]
Is it authentic?
A: Yes.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)