Question
Are these claims by many untrue that Tablighi Nisab, Hayatus Sahaba, Fazail Amaal contain weak and fabricated naraations?
Do you reccomend these books?
Answer
There is a huge difference between weak and fabricated. A weak hadith is that which is a hadith, but there is some weakness in the memory of its narrators and thus the authority of that hadith is not as strong as that of a sahih hadith. A fabricated narration is something which has nothing to do with Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. It is the saying of Suqrat, Buqrat, Aflatoon, Shakespeare, etc. and someone linked it to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. The first category can and should be used for fadhaail (virtues), not for masaail (judicial rulings), whereas the second category should be totally discarded. In Fadhaaile Aa’maal there is not a single hadith which would be classed as fabricated; there are weak ahaadeeth, but there is no harm in using them for fadhaail. The author of Fadhaaile Aa’maal was a great muhaddith who taught hadith for 55 years; he was very careful in what he narrated, so have some confidence. Read Fadhaaile Aa’maal – don’t listen to people who are jealous due to its popularity.