Da'eef (weak) hadeeths, Dought & clear, - * A weakhadeeth about the virtue of praying qiyaam on the night before Eid

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Is the hadeeth which speaks about praying qiyaam on the night before Eid saheeh?.
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Praise be to Allaah.
This hadeeth was narrated by Ibn Maajah (1782) from Abu Umaamah (may Allaah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “Whoever spends the nights of the two Eids in praying qiyaam al-layl, seeking reward from Allaah, his heart will not die on the Day when hearts will die.”
This is a da’eef (weak) hadeeth which does not have any saheeh isnaad from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
Al-Nawawi said inal-Adhkaar:
It is a da’eef hadeeth which we have narrated from Abu Umaamah in both marfoo’ and mawqoof reports, both of which are da’eef.
Al-Haafiz al-‘Iraaqi said inTakhreej Ahaadeeth Ihya’ ‘Uloom al-Deen: its isnaad is da’eef.
Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said: This is a ghareeb hadeeth whose isnaad is mudtarib (unsound). Seeal-Futoohaat al-Rabaaniyyah, 4/235.
Al-Albaani mentioned it inDa’eef Ibn Maajah, and said it is mawdoo’ (fabricated).
He also mentioned it inSilsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da’eefah(521) and said, it is da’eef jiddan (very weak).
This hadeeth was narrated by al-Tabaraani from ‘Ubaadah ibn al-Saamit, who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever spends the night of (Eid) al-Fitr and the night of (Eid) al-Adha in prayer, his heart will not die on the Day when hearts will die.”
This is also da’eef (weak).
Al-Haythami said inMajma’ al-Zawaa’id: It was narrated by al-Tabaraani inal-Kabeerandal-Awsat. Its isnaad includes ‘Umar ibn Haroon al-Balkhi who is mostly da’eef. Ibn Mahdi and others praised him, but he was classed as da’eef by many. And Allaah knows best.
This was mentioned by al-Albaani inSilsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da’eefah(520); he said it is mawdoo’ (fabricated).
Al-Nawawi said inal-Majmoo’:
Our companions said: It is mustahabb to spend the nights before the two Eids in prayer and doing other acts of worship. Our companions quoted as evidence for that the hadeeth of Abu Umaamah, according to which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever spends the night of Eid in prayer, his heart will not die on the Day when hearts die.” According to a version narrated by al-Shaafa’i and Ibn Maajah: “Whoever spends the nights of the two Eids in praying qiyaam al-layl, seeking reward from Allaah, his heart will not die on the Day when hearts will die.” It was narrated from Abu’l-Darda’ with a mawqoof isnaad, and it was narrated from Abu Umaamah with a mawqoof isnaad and a marfoo’ isnaad, as stated above, but all the isnaads are da’eef. End quote.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
The ahaadeeth in which the nights before the two Eids are mentioned are falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). End quote.
This does not mean that it is not recommended to spend the night before Eid in prayer, rather qiyaam al-layl is prescribed on all nights. Hence the scholars agreed that it is mustahabb to spend the night before Eid in prayer, as is mentioned inal-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah, 2/235. Our point here is that the hadeeth which speaks of the virtue of spending this night in prayer is da’eef.
And Allaah knows best.

Da'eef (weak) hadeeths, Dought & clear, - * Fabricated Report Concerning Virtue of Special Prayer After Bath From Menses

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I got an e-mail which quoted a hadeeth (prophetic narration) from the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): “If a woman does ghusl (takes a bath) following her menses and prays two rak‘ahs (units of prayer) in which she recites al-Fatihah and Surah al-Ikhlas three times in each rak‘ah, she will be forgiven every sin she committed, minor or major, and no sin will be recorded for her until her next period, and she will be given the reward of sixty martyrs…” Is this a saheeh (authentic) hadeeth?
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Praise be to Allah.
There is no basis for this hadeeth and it is not mentioned in the well-known books of hadeeth. Rather it was mentioned by al-Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Safoori (d. 894 AH) in his book Nuzhat al-Majalis wa Muntakhab al-Nafais (p. 240), where he said:
It was narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): “If a woman does ghusl following her menses and prays two rak‘ahs in which she recites al-Fatihah and Surah al-Ikhlas three times in each rak‘ah, she will be forgiven every sin she committed, minor or major, and no sin will be recorded for her until her next period, and she will be given the reward of sixty martyrs, a city will be built for her in Paradise, she will be given light for every hair on her head, and if she dies before her next menses she will die as a martyr.” End quote.
The fact that this is the only book that mentions this hadeeth is sufficient to prove that it is false and fabricated, because it is a book that is filled with false reports. Al-Shaykh Muhammad Rasheed Rida said:
We cannot rely on the hadeeths with which books of exhortation, heart-softening reports and tasawwuf (Sufism) are filled, without examining their origins and degrees of authenticity. This ruling does not apply only to books whose authors are not known for having advanced knowledge (of hadeeth), such as the book Nuzhat al-Majalis, which is filled with fabricated hadeeths and other reports; rather even the books of some leading scholars, such as al-Ihya, are not free of many fabricated reports. End quote.
Majallat al-Manar, 3/545
And Allah knows best.