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In the Name of Allaah the Most Merciful, may His Salaah
and Salaam be upon His final Messenger Muhammad, and
upon all of his noble family and companions, to proceed...
There are many unauthentic narrations about the Qur'aan being
circulated these days. [1] The following narrations are some
examples: ]
#859
- [ It has been narrated ] on the authority of Aboo Hurayrah
(radhiyallaahu 'anhu), the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaah
'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"Whoever
listens to any verse of Allaah's Book will receive a good
reward that will be multiplied; and whoever recites it will
have light on the Day of Judgement."
Dha'eef
(weak) - It was collected by Ahmad from 'Ubaadah ibn Muyassarah,
whose reliability has been disputed. The chain also has Al-Hasan
reporting from Aboo Hurayrah, and the majority of the scholars
hold that Al-Hasan did not hear from Aboo Hurayrah.
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#860
- [ It has been narrated ] on the authority of Aboo Sa'eed
(radhiyallaahu 'anhu) who said that the Messenger of
Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"The
Lord, Most Glorified and Exalted, has said: 'Whoever has been
kept busy by the Qur'aan so much that he does not ask Me for
things, I will give him what is better than what I give those
who ask Me.' The virtue of Allaah's Speech compared to all
other speech is like Allaah's virtue over His Creation."
Dha'eef
jiddan (very weak) - It was collected by At-Tirmithee
who said it was a rare but acceptable hadeeth. However Muhammad
ibn Al-Hasan ibn Abee Yazeed Al-Hamdaanee is in the chain,
who was called a liar by Ibn Ma'een and Aboo Daawood. For
this reason, Ath-Thahabee said, "At-Tirmithee called
it hasan (acceptable), but it is not hasan."
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#861
- [ It has been narrated that ] Sahl ibn Mu'aath reported
that his father said that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu
'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"Whoever
reads the Qur'aan and acts by it, his
father will be made to wear a crown on the Day of Judgement,
it will radiate a light finer than the light of the Sun that
reaches the houses of the dunyaa. So what about someone
who acts by this?"
Dha'eef
(weak) - It was collected by Aboo Daawood and Al-Haakim,
who both reported from Zabbaan, who narrated from Sahl. Al-Haakim
said, "It has an authentic chain." Ath-Thahabee
followed his statement by saying (1/568): "I say that
Zabbaan is not strong." And Al-Haafith said he was
weak. It can also be found in Dha'eef Sunan Abee Daawood
(259).
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#862
- It has been narrated from Aboo Umaamah (radhiyallaahu
'anhu) that the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
said:
"Allaah
has not allowed anything to be more virtuous for a servant
than two rak'ahs that he prays. Verily righteousness
showers upon his head so long as he stays in his prayer. The
servants do not draw near to Allaah with anything like that
which exits from him (meaning the Qur'aan)."
Dha'eef
(weak) - At-Tirmithee collected it saying, "It
is a rare but acceptable hadeeth." I believe that
this may have been a mistake from one of the scribes who copied
his book, since it is completely contradictory to At-Tirmithee's
other statements. He said (2913), "...and Bakr ibn
Junays has been mentioned by 'Abdullaah ibn Mubaarak, and
in fact he abandoned him later in his work."
Furthermore,
this statement is not found in the published version, nor
in any of the three printings I have of Tuhfatul-Ahwathee
of Al-Mubaarakfooree (3/54), nor is it found in Al-Haafith
Al-Mizzee's Tuhfah. On top of that, the author clearly
alludes to the weakness of the hadeeth in his statement, "It
has been narrated..." There are other things, but
this is sufficient as a reminder for those who have been heedless,
if they only knew!
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#863
- [ It has been narrated ] on the authority of Ibn 'Umar (radhiyallaahu
'anhumaa), who said that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu
'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"Three
people will not have to face the Great Terror (the
Day of Judgement), nor
will they have to account for their deeds, and they will stand
upon a hill of musk until the rest of the Creation has accounted
for their deeds: (1)
A man who recited the Qur'aan seeking Allaah's Face, leading
a group of people who were pleased with him, (2)
a man who invited the people to perform the prayers seeking
Allaah's Face, and (3)
a man who does things in the best way, regarding that which
is between himself and His Lord, as well as things between
himself and his own servants."
Dha'eef
(weak) - It was collected by At-Tabaraanee in Al-Awsat
and in As-Sagheer, with a chain free of problems. It
was also collected in Al-Kabeer, with the following addition:
"Ibn Umar said, If I had not heard this from the Messenger
of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) time after time
after time after time (he mentioned seven times), then I would
not have narrated it." [2]
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#864
- [It has been reported ] on the authority of Aboo Hurayrah
(radhiyallaahu 'anhu), who said that one time before
the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
dispatched a large group of people, he asked each and every
one of them to read what they knew from the Qur'aan. So he
came to a man who was the youngest of all of them and said:
"What do you have, O Fulaan?"
He
replied, "I have such and such, as well as Soorah
Al-Baqarah." So the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe
wa sallam) said:
"You have Soorah Al-Baqarah?"
He
replied, "Yes." Then the Prophet (sallallaahu
'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"Go
forth as you are their leader."
So
a man from the tribe's elders said, "By Allaah, nothing
prevented me from learning Al-Baqarah except that I feared
I might not be able to stand with it (to pray at night)."
So the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
said:
"Learn
the Qur'aan and recite it! For verily the example of the Qur'aan
for the one who learns it and recites it,
is like a sack full of musk, its fragrance emanating to every
place. And the example of the one who has learned the Qur'aan
but sleeps while the Qur'aan is with him, is like the sack
that has been laid down upon some musk."
Dha'eef
(weak) - At-Tirmithee collected it, and this is his version.
He said, "It is an acceptable hadeeth." However,
it has 'Ataa', the freed slave of Aboo Ahmad, a taabi'ee
who is unknown, as Ath-Thahabee pointed out. Ibn Maajah
collected a summarized version, as did Ibn Hibbaan in his
Saheeh.
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#865
- [ It has been narrated ] on the authority of Abdullaah ibn
'Amr (radhiyallaahu 'anhumaa), the Messenger of Allaah
(sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"Whoever
reads the Qur'aan will reach a level of prophethood, except
that he has not received any revelation. It is not befitting
for the companion of the Qur'aan to become angry like those
who become angry, nor should he behave ignorantly like the
ignorant ones while he has the Speech of Allaah with him."
Dha'eef
(weak) - Al-Haakim collected it, saying, "It has
a saheeh chain." However, Tha'labah Aboo Al-Kunood
Al-Hamraawee is in the chain, who is unknown. Its chain is
discussed in Silsilatul-Ahaadeethidh-Dha'eefah (#5118).
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#866
- [ It has been narrated ] on the authority of Aboo Tharr
(radhiyallaahu 'anhu), the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu
'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"You
can not return to Allaah with anything more virtuous
than what exits from it (the mouth)."
(meaning - the Qur'aan)
Dha'eef
(weak) - Al-Haakim authenticated it and collected it,
but it has 'Abdullaah ibn Saalih in the chain, who is discussed
in Silsilatul-Ahaadeethidh-Dha'eefah (#1957). Aboo
Daawood also gathered it in his Maraaseel on the authority
of Jubayr ibn Nafeer.
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#867
- [ It has been reported ] on the authority of 'Abdullaah
ibn Mas'ood (radhiyallaahu 'anhu), the Prophet (sallallaahu
'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"Verily
this Qur'aan is Allaah's banquet, so take His invitation as
much as you can. Verily this Qur'aan is Allaah's Rope, the
Clear Light, the Beneficial Cure, protection for those who
hold fast to it, and salvation for those who follow it. It
can not lead anyone astray, so it can never be blamed; it
can not be made crooked so that it would need straightened.
Its
wonders can not be overlooked, and the one who reads it much
does not get tired of it. Recite it - for verily Allaah rewards
you with ten favorable rewards for every letter you recite.
I do not say that ( Alif - Laam - Meem ) is one letter,
rather ( Alif ) is a letter, ( Laam ) and (
Meem )."
Dha'eef
(weak) - Al-Haakim collected it, by way of Saalih ibn
Umar, who heard from Ibraaheem Al-Hajaree, on the authority
of Abul-Ahwas. Al-Haakim said about its chain, "It
only comes by way of Saalih ibn Umar, and its chain is saheeh."
However, Ath-Thahabee (1/555) corrected this, saying, "But
Ibraaheem ibn Muslim Al-Hajaree is weak." I say -
It is reported on him (Ibraaheem) as his statement, and that
is saheeh, however the last part of the hadeeth, "Recite
it..." has been added mistakenly as I
have clarified in Silsilatul-Ahaadeethis-Saheehah (#3327),
and it also is found in Saheeh At-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb
in this same chapter.
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#868
- [ It has been narrated ] on the authority of 'Alee ibn Abee
Taalib (radhiyallaahu 'anhu), the Messenger of Allaah
(sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"Whoever
reads the Qur'aan and memorizes it by heart, affirming the
permissibility of what it makes halaal, and prohibiting
what it makes haraam, Allaah will enter him into Paradise
and give him permission to intercede for ten of his family
members who had deserved to go to the Hellfire."
Dha'eef
jiddan (very weak) - It was collected by Ibn Maajah
and At-Tirmithee, and this is At-Tirmithee's version, who
said, "It is a ghareeb (rare) hadeeth." I
say - And to complete his statement, "and its chain
is not authentic." That is because there is a narrator
in its chain whom the scholars have abandoned, some even called
him a liar, and he narrates from someone who is unknown.
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#869
- [ It has been reported ] on the authority of Aboo Tharr
(radhiyallaahu 'anhu), the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu
'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"O
Aboo Tharr! For you to go out in the morning and learn a verse
from Allaah's Book is better for you than praying a hundred
rak'ahs. And for you to go out in the morning and learn
some knowledge, whether it is acted upon or not, is better
than a thousand rak'ahs."
Dha'eef (weak) - It was collected by Ibn Maajah.
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#870
- It has been reported that Aboo Sa'eed Al-Khudree (radhiyallaahu
'anhu) had a dream wherein he saw himself writing Soorah
Saad, and when he reached the verse of prostration, he
saw the inkwell, the pen, and everything in his presence prostrating.
He allegedly said:
"So
I relayed that to the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam),
and he never stopped prostrating at that verse."
Dha'eef
(weak) - It was collected by Ahmad, and its narrators
are that of Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree, as Al-Haythamee said.
However, its chain has missing links, as it is found in the
Musnad of Imaam Ahmad (3/78,84) by way of Bakr Al-Muzanee,
and the scholars did not mention that he narrated from Aboo
Sa'eed. It also is found in Al-Bayhaqee in As-Sunan
(2/320) on the authority of Makhbar who reported from Aboo
Sa'eed, and Makhbar is unknown. So in these instances, we
say that Al-Haafith's statement, "Its narrators are
that of Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree," does not mean the hadeeth
is authentic. So due to ignorance of this, they simply said
it was hasan in order to preserve the hadeeth, as was
their custom.
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#871
- [ It has been reported ] on the authority of Ibn 'Abbaas
(radhiyallaahu 'anhumaa), the Prophet (sallallaahu
'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"Verily
the one who has not memorized anything from the Qur'aan is
like an abandoned house."
Dha'eef
(weak) - It was collected by At-Tirmithee and Al-Haakim
by way of Qaaboos ibn Abee Thubyaan, who said that his father
narrated it from Ibn 'Abbaas. Al-Haakim said, "It
has a saheeh chain." At-Tirmithee said, "It
is a hasan saheeh hadeeth." I say - That is what
they say! Ath-Thahabee criticized them, saying, "I
say that Qaaboos is layyin (a kind of weak narrator)."
This is also what Al-Haafith said in At-Taqreeb. Others
said the hadeeth was hasan by way of other witnessing
narrations, but they were mistaken - the hadeeth has no witnesses
to support it!
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#872
- [ It has been reported ] on the authority of Anas (radhiyallaahu
'anhu), the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhe
wa sallam) said:
"I
have been shown the rewards due to my nation, even the reward
for the man who removes a piece of dirt from the masjid. And
the sins of my nation have also been shown to me, and I do
not see any sin greater than a man being given a soorah
or an aayah (that he memorizes),
and then he forgets it."
Dha'eef
(weak) - It was collected by Aboo Daawood, At-Tirmithee,
Ibn Maajah, and Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh, on the
authority of Al-Mutallib ibn 'Abdillaah, on the authority
of Anas.
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#873
- [ It has been narrated ] on the authority of Sa'd ibn 'Ubaadah
(radhiyallaahu 'anhu), the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu
'alayhe wa sallam) said:
"There
is no one who memorizes the Qur'aan and then forgets it, except
that his hands will be mutilated when he meets Allaah."
Dha'eef
(weak) - It was collected by Aboo Daawood, by way of Yazeed
ibn Abee Ziyaad, on the authority of 'Eesaa ibn Faa'id, who
narrated from Sa'd. Al-Haafith said, "Yazeed ibn Abee
Ziyaad Al-Haashimee's kunyah was Aboo 'Abdillaah, who has
some criticism against him. Along with this, 'Eesaa ibn Faa'id
only narrated from those who heard from Sa'd (not from Sa'd
directly). This is what 'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Abee Haatim and
others have said."
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