Friday, August 10, 2012

The hadeeth “The sleepof the fasting person is worship” is weak

I heard a khateeb mention a hadeeth from the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him): "The sleep of the fasting person is
worship."
Is this hadeeth saheeh?.
Praise be to Allaah.
This hadeeth is not saheeh, and it is not proven from the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Shu'ab al-Eeman (3/1437) from 'Abd-Allaah ibn
Abi Awfa (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The sleep of the fasting
person is worship, his silence is tasbeeh, his du'aa' is answered and
hisgood deeds will be multiplied." Its isnaad wasclassed as weak by
al-Bayhaqi who said: Ma'roof ibn Hassaan (one of the men in the
isnaad) is da'eef (weak) and Sulaymaan ibn 'Amr al-Nakha'i is weaker
than him. Al-'Iraqi said in Takhreej Ihya' 'Uloom al-Deen (1/310):
Sulaymaan al-Nakha'i is one of the liars. It was classed as da'eef by
al-Manaawi in Fayd al-Qadeer (9293) and it was mentioned by al-Albaani
in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da'eefah (4696) who said: It is da'eef.
What the Muslims should do in general – and this applies even more so
to khateebs and daa'iyahs – is to verify reports before attributing a
hadeeth to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him). It is not permissible to attribute to him anything that he
did not say. He (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"Telling a lie about me is not like telling a lie about anyone else.
Whoever tells a lie about me deliberately, let him take his place in
Hell." Narratedby al-Bukhaari (1391) andby Muslim in the introduction
to his Saheeh(4).
And Allaah knows best.

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