Da'eef (weak) hadeeths, Dought & clear, - * How sound is the hadeeth, “Whoever sends blessings upon me eighty times on Friday, his sins will be forgiven for eighty years”?

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I have a question about a hadeeth, according to which Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The one who recites eighty times after ‘Asr prayer on Friday, before he gets up from his place, Allah will forgive his sins for eighty years, and will record for him the reward of worshipping for eighty years,” and that is to say this dhikr eighty times: “O Allah, send blessings and peace upon Muhammad the unlettered Prophet.”
Is this hadeeth saheeh? Can I follow it? Because I see many people doing these things.
Praise be to Allah.
This hadeeth was narrated by Ibn Shaheen inat-Targheeb fi Fadaa’il al-A‘maal(p. 14) via ‘Awn ibn ‘Umaarah, from Sakan al-Burjumi, from Hajjaaj ibn Sinaan, from ‘Ali ibn Zayd, from Sa‘eed ibn al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Sending blessings upon me will be light on the siraat. Whoever sends blessings upon me eighty times on Friday, his sins will be forgiven for eighty years.”
Some of the later scholars were lenient and classed this hadeeth as hasan; however the correct view is that the hadeeth is da‘eef (weak), and in fact it is da‘eef jiddan (very weak), because its isnaad includes three da‘eef narrators, namely:
1. ‘Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jad‘aan al-Basri
Hammaad ibn Zayd said: He used to mix up hadeeths. Shu‘bah stated that he was confused. Ahmad said: He is nothing. Abu Zar‘ah said: He is not strong; he made mistakes. Abu Haatim said: He cannot be quoted as evidence. Ad-Daaraqutni said: In my view there is still some weakness in him
End quote fromal-Mughni fi ad-Du‘afa’by adh-Dhahabi (2/447)
2. Hajjaaj ibn Sinaan
Al-Azdi said concerning him: He is matrook (rejected). See:Lisaan al-Mizaanby Ibn Hajar (2/563).
3. ‘Awn ibn ‘Umaarah al-Qaysi
Abu Zar‘ah said: His hadeeth is odd. Al-Haakim said: I met him but I did not write down anything from him, and his hadeeth was odd and he was weak in narrating hadeeth. Abu Dawood said: He is da‘eef.
End quote fromTahdheeb at-Tahdheeb(8/173).
Among the imams (leading scholars) who classed the hadeeth as da‘eef were: ad-Daaraqutni; al-Haafiz ibn Hajar inNataa’ij al-Afkaar(5/56)’ as-Sakhkhaawi inal-Qawl al-Badee‘(p.284); al-Mannaawi inFayd al-Qadeer(4/249); al-Hoot al-Beiruti inAsna al-Mataalib(p. 175); Shaykh al-Albaani inal-Silsilah ad-Da‘eefah(8/274).
There is a corroborating report for the hadeeth in the hadeeth of Anas ibn Maalik, who said: I was standing in front of the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and he said: “Whoever sends blessings upon me on Friday eighty times, Allah will forgive him the sins of eighty years.” It was said: How may we send blessings upon you, O Messenger of Allah? He said: “Say: ‘O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, Your slave, Your Messenger and Your Prophet, the unlettered Prophet’ and count it as one.”
Narrated by al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadi inTareekh Baghdad(13/464). Its isnaad includes Wahb ibn Dawood ibn Sulaymeen ad-Dareer.
Adh-Dhahabi said: al-Khateeb said: He was not trustworthy. Then he mentioned a hadeeth fabricated by him.
End quote fromal-Mughni fi ad-Du‘afa’(2/727)
Something similar was mentioned by Ibn al-Jawzi inal-Ahaadeeth al-Waahiyah(no. 796 – where he listed very weak hadeeths).
Shaykh al-Albaani said: He should have listed it in his other book,al-Ahaadeeth al-Mawdoo‘aat(Fabricated Hadeeths). That would have been more appropriate, because tThe signs of fabrication are very clear in it. The saheeh hadeeths that speak of the virtue of sending blessings upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) are sufficient and there is no need for reports such as this. For example, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah will send blessings upon him tenfold.” Narrated by Muslim and others. End quote.Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth ad-Da‘eefah wa al-Mawdoo‘ah(1/383)
And Allah knows best.

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Da'eef (weak) hadeeths, Dought & clear, - * The hadeeth: “Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah will send blessings upon him one thousand times”

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How sound is this hadeeth? The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever sends blessings upon him once, Allah will send blessings upon him one thousand times; whoever sends blessings upon him ten times, it will be light for him on the Day of Resurrection; whoever sends blessings upon him one thousand times perfectly, it will be the cause of intercession for him on the Day of Resurrection; whoever sends blessings upon him one thousand times every day will not be punished in his grave, even if his sins were like the foam of the sea”?
Praise be to Allah.
We have not found this hadeeth in any of the books of Sunnah that we have before us, and we have not found it mentioned by any of the scholars, so it is not permissible to attribute it to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him).
What appears to be the case is that it is falsely attributed to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). What is indicative of that is the fact that it is contrary to that which is proven in saheeh reports. One of the things that are proven in the saheeh Sunnah is that whoever sends blessings upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) once, Allah will send blessings upon him ten times in return, and not one thousand times. It was narrated from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “whoever sends blessings upon me, Allah will send blessings upon him tenfold”. Narrated by Muslim (384).
What is prescribed for the believer is to send a great deal of blessings upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), as much as he can, because of the great reward that will result from that in this world and the Hereafter.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Doing a great deal of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), asking for forgiveness, and sending blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah are among the greatest means of attaining peace of mind and tranquillity in the heart, of turning to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, and finding comfort in that, and of dispelling loneliness, unsteadiness and confusion. But there is no set limit for asking for forgiveness or for sending blessings upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). Rather what is prescribed is to send a great deal of blessings and peace upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and not to define a set number, and to ask for forgiveness a great deal, one hundred times, or more or less. As for setting the number at one hundred, there is no basis for that. But you should send a great deal of blessings upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), standing or sitting, by night and by day, on the road and at home, because Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):“Allah sends His Salat (Graces, Honours, Blessings, Mercy, etc.) on the Prophet (Muhammad SAW) and also His angels too (ask Allah to bless and forgive him). O you who believe! Send your Salat on (ask Allah to bless) him (Muhammad SAW), and (you should) greet (salute) him with the Islamic way of greeting (salutation i.e. As-Salamu Alaikum)” [al-Ahzaab 33:56]. And the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “whoever sends blessings upon me, Allah will send blessings upon him tenfold”. So do that a great deal and be optimistic. There is no set limit; send blessings upon the Prophet as much as you can, ten times, or more, or less, according to whatever is easiest for you, without defining a set number. End quote.Majmoo‘ Fataawa Ibn Baaz(11/209).
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Islamic Months, - Muharram al-Haram, -

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Muharram Al-Haram is one of the four months of Islamic Lunar Calendar declared sacred by Allah (SWT) in the Glorious Qur'an. The other three months of Islamic Lunar Calendar are Rajab al-Murajab, Dhu al-Qa'dah and Dhu al-Hijjah.
In the Glorious Qur'an verse 59 of Surah An Nisa, Allah (SWT) says:
"O you who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger and "Ulil Amr" (Those who are authorized to command) from among you."
The believers always obey Allah (SWT), obey His Messenger and the "Ulil Amr" appointed by Him. It is an open invitation. Because, Laa Ikraaha Fid Deen [There is no compulsion in religion] (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:256). Those who (in truth) are not believers can do what they want.
Likewise Prophets, Messengers, sent down by Allah (SWT) to guide and warn people, never accepted anyone at all as Prophet or Messenger, whatever the circumstances were, be it that they did not stop claimers of this kind, or opponents, with application of force or repression.
In the same manner Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (A.S.)did not recognize anyone as "Ulil Amr". His elder son Imam Hasan (A.S.), like his grandfather, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.)as in the [ Treaty of Hudaybiah], let Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan be the ruler, but did not give up his rights of the "Ulil Amr", which he was at that time.
When Yazid ibn Muawiyah became the ruler he threw to the wind the earlier policy of the rulers not to demand "Bayah" (oath of allegiance) from the children of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.), and began to exercise pressure upon Imam Hussain (A.S.) to swear loyalty and acknowledge him as the "Ulil Amr", which the Holy Imam rightly refused. It is another aspect of the whole affair that Yazid ibn Muawiyah was the meanest tyrant of the worst degree, but even if he was an ordinary ruler Imam Hussain (A.S.) could not swear loyalty to him as the "Ulil Amr". So he did not. In the month of Rajab al-Murajab 61 Hijrah, he left Medina and went to Makkah. From Makkah, before performing Hajj Pilgrimage, he took his family with him, and with some friends and companions, true believers, he began the journey towards Iraq, with the expressed intention to cross the boundaries of the empire under the rule of Yazid ibn Muawiyah, and settle down in some other country, Iran or India, because he wanted to make it clear to Yazid ibn Muawiyah that he could not allege obedience to a "non-Ulil Amr" as he himself was an "Ulil Amr".
It was not to be. A large army of Yazid ibn Muawiyah under the command of Umar ibn Saad surrounded the caravan of Imam Hussain (A.S.) when he reached Naynawah, Karbala, on the 2nd of Muharram Al-Haram in 61 Hijrah.
There are several other aspects of human relationship and behavior in the events of Karbala that took place in the 10 days of Moharram Al-Haram, culminating in the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain (A.S.), and his 72 friends and relatives, which come into sharp focus as we recount every minute, during the religious gatherings, each year, but, above all, the ultimate reason remains the same, the impossibility of taking "oath of loyalty" (Bayah), by an "Ulil Amr", to obey a "non-Ulil Amr".
After Imam Hussain (A.S.), all his successors to "The office of the Ulil Amr", our holy Imams, refused to obey "Non-Ulil Amr", and every ruler held each of them prisoner, used every trick, applied force and in the end killed every Imam, exactly as Yazid ibn Muawiyah did.
Muharram Al-Haram is a month of mourning for the lovers and followers of " Ahlul Bayt or Aal-e- Muhammad". In this month, on the 10th day (Ashura) in 61 Hijra, Imam Hussain bin Ali (A.S.), the grandson of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) and the younger son of Imam Ali and Fatima Zahra (S.A.), together with his family and friends, in all 72 men, were slain on the sands of the desert of Naynawah, Karbala. Since then, each year, the true followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.), through grief, sorrow and tears, keep alive the message, cause and purpose of the greatest martyrdom in human history.
No doubt Moharram Al-Haram is a holy and sacred month:
The believing men and women, in this month of Muharram Al-Haram, suspend application of good effects of days and dates and avoid rejoicing even if happy events come in their stride.
The friends and followers of "Aal-e-Muhammad" hold meetings (Majlis), they had been doing so, for last fourteen hundred years, in the name of Imam Hussain (A.S.), during the months of Moharram Al-Haram (and Safar al-Muzaffar), particularly in the first 10 days of Moharram, to give new life to the Divine Message of "Laa Ilaaha Illallah (no one worthy of being worshiped but Allah)" as the beloved saint poet of the Indian subcontinent, Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (of Ajmer) had said: "Indeed Hussain (A.S.) is the architect of 'Laa Ilaaha Illallah' both are reciprocally related to each other."
And the philosopher poet of Pakistan, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, had said: "Ismail was the beginning (first step), Hussain was the ultimate."
Each year (at the advent of Moharram) Islam turns over a new leaf.
In fact it is on account of Imam Hussain's remembrance, every year, we know who the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.), Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (A.S.), Fatima Zahra (S.A.)are, and what were their true substance, style and wisdom.
It is because of Imam Hussain's memory, we call to mind each year the Islam, and it becomes clearly visible from behind the blur of the dust of delusion, thrown into the eyes of Muslims in the name of Muslim rule.

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