Fabricated Hadith Alert!

On the authority of Hudaifa ibn Al-Yamaan that Nabi ﷺ said (in a lengthy Hadith):

…وخراب السند من الهند، وخراب الهند من الصين، وخراب الصين من الرمل،….

…And the destruction of Sindh is by India, and India will be destroyed by China, and China will be destroyed by sand…

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‘Allamah Ibn Kathir (rahimahullah) states that this narration is not known/recorded in any of the reliable Hadith collections and has declared this narration a fabrication.

(Al Bidayah Wan Nihayah, vol. 17 pg. 59, An Nihayah Fil Fitani Wal Malahim, vol. 1 pg. 64/65)

The narration is not suitable to quote.And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar. (From hadithanswers.com)

السلام عليكم و رحمة اللّه و بركاته

Question to Shaikh Abdul Waris Athari Madani (Shirur, Karnataka, India):

Shaikh what is the ruling on women tieing their hair up like a bun while offering salah at home, like the Hadith which speaks about the women who’ll make their hair like that of the Bukht camels (camel hump style Hijab)?

Shaikh: The Prophet ﷺ forbade this hairstyle for women generally- In Salah or outside Salah, in the house or outside the house. This is a general prohibition.

Questioner: Ustadh even at home…?

Shaikh: Yes even at home it’s not allowed, some women raise their hair like a bun during and after a bath even that’s not allowed. The Hadith says… “Their heads are likened to the humps of camels..”

Questioner: Ok Shaikh. Jazakallahu Khairan kaseera. I will transcribe this into English and spread it?

Shaikh: Ok.

(27th Ramadan 1442, 9th May 2021)-Question by Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna.

The Hadith:

Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) having said this:

Two are the types of the denizens of Hell whom I did not see: people having flogs like the tails of the ox with them and they would be beating people, and the women who would be dressed but appear to be naked, who would be inclined (to evil) and make their husbands incline towards it. Their heads would be like the humps of the bukht camel inclined to one side. They will not enter Paradise and they would not smell its odour whereas its odour would be smelt from such and such distance. (Sahih Muslim 2128)

Assalam u alaikum wrwb respected brother…

Barakallahu feek on the completion of the book on seerah with authentic compilation Alhamdulillah bi niamathihi tatimmussalihaath

My query regarding this is having studied the Quran tafseer in the light of seerah with reference from  ar raheeq al makhtoum ….how authentic is our study of tafseer then ….do we need to restudy tafseer with the new seerah book in background

What is the best tafseer book you recommend…

Jazakallah khairan katheera wa ahsanul jaza…

Answer.

وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته

الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين ومن تبعهم باحسان الى يوم الدين اما بعد.

Jazakallahu Khairan kaseera sis for your Duas. May Allah accept this work from us and make it a source of our Salvation in the Duniyah and Akhirah.

Its is ok if someone uses Ar-Raheequl Makhtoum to study Tafseer as long as the teacher is aware of the weak and fabricated narrations in it.

But by looking at your question it seems that the teacher wasn’t aware of the weak and fabricated narrations in that and -taught Tafseer using it just as it is- falsely assuming that Ar-Raheequl-Makhtoum is the most authentic book on Seerah.

There is nothing to worry about that sister. Our life in seeking Islamic knowledge is a continuous process of learning and unlearning. Great Imams have learnt and unlearnt things and have changed their opinions throughout their lives.

However, as a very small but concerned student of knowledge, I’d advice myself and all of us, to be very diligent with regards to conveying knowledge. We’ve to be cent percent sure that what narrations we’re conveying is authentic according to the Ulama. We shouldn’t take it for granted that just because an Aalim ‘mentioned’ a story (without proofs) its authentic.

So please don’t worry. Use the newer available works of the scholars and study the Tafseer again. And there’s no saddening in this. Just like you studied it first for the sake of Allah, you’ve to study it again for His Pleasure.

Some works I’d suggest for Tafseer and Seerah:

Arabic:

1. Mukhtasar Sahih Tafseer ibn Katheer by Shaikh Mustafa Al-Adawi.
2. Saheeh Al-Musnad Min Asbabin Nuzool of Imam Muqbil.
3. Tafseer Al-Qurtubi (with checking).
4. Sahihus-Seerah of Al-Albani.
5. Sahihus-Seerah of Akram Diya Al-Umari.
6. As-Seerah An-Nabawiyyah of Dr.Mahdi Rizqullah Ahmed.
7. Etc… (A lot of books)

English:

1. Summarized Tafseer ibn Katheer of Darussalam (keep checking each narration).
(+ You may use the latest Urdu edition of Tafseer ibn Katheer checked by Hafiz Imran Ayyub Lahori where he mentioned the authenticity of narrations using the works of Muhaddiseen.)

2. Tafseer As-Sadi for Tazkiyyah based Tafseer.

3. Tafseer of Qur’an, by Dr.Muhsin Khan in 10 volumes.

4. Sahih Al-Musnad Min Asbabin Nuzool of Imam Muqbil (English).

5. The Bridges Translation of The Quran.

6. Summarized Tafseer by Center for Tafseer Studies.

7. The Biography of The Prophet In The Light of Original Sources by Dr.Mahdi Rizqullah Ahmed.

8. The Biography of The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ From Reliable And Credibly Established Narrations by Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna.

And Allah knows the best…

Abu Muaaz Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna (25th Ramadan 1442)

Umar ibn Al-Khattab used to break his fast (after Maghrib Adhaan) by having sexual intercourse. During Ramadan he used to have intercourse with three concubines before Salaat-il-Isha (the night prayers). (Ihya Uloom Ad-Deen of Al-Ghazali, 2/54)

Status of the narration: In page 39 of the Urdu book, ‘Islam ke mujrim kaun? (Who are ‘The Criminals of Islam’?), Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Memon Pakistani- refuting the Hadith rejector Dr.Shabbir Ahmed on his Hadith rejection- and said, ‘The narration that Dr.Shabbir has mentioned (from Ihya Uloom Ad-Deen) has no basis and we agree with him that this was indeed concocted by the criminals (enemies) of Islam’.

-Abu Muaaz Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna (25th Ramadan 1442, 7th May 2021)

(authenticseerah.wordpress.com)

Addendum: It is authentically proven from Abdullah bin Umar (رضي الله عنه) that he used to do so.

Imam Tabarani relates in his Al-Mu’jam al-Kabir (12/269) from Muhammad ibn Sirin who said, “AbdAllah ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) would, at times, open his fast with sexual relations [with his wife].” Al-Haythami in his Al-Majma’ al-Zawa’id (3/156) and others considered this report to be sound (hasan). (Translation source: Muftk Muhammad bin Adam Al-Kawthari on Facebook)

Note:

A thing to be clarified is: We shouldn’t become aggravated with this narration because breaking the fast with sexual intercourse after Adhaan is not Haraam.

Rather spreading a false narration of Umar (رضي الله عنه) or anyone else is not right. The narration is true from Ibn Umar (رضي الله عنه).

Even without these proofs, if a Muslim after Maghrib Adhaan breaks his fast by having sexual intercourse, it’s not Haraam at all.

Also, the wordings of Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Memon, *agree with him that this was indeed concocted by the criminals (enemies) of Islam* is unwarranted and unnecessary. It is enough to say that the narration of Umar (رضي الله عنه) is fabricated.

And Allah knows the best.

-Abu Muaaz Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna

(Updated: 26th Ramadan 1442)

Answer taken from Islamqa.info’s summary of their own answer.

https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/239755

Summary of the answer:

This Hadith is weak from all its chains of narration together- except for the aforementioned Hadith of Anas bin Malik (in the detailed answer) which is very weak- and we can’t say that it raises to the level of Hasan (acceptable) because of the many paths of narration. (I.e. the narrations are extremely weak such that adding up all of them still renders it too weak.)

It was declared weak by Al-Albani in his book, ‘Al-Irwa Al-Ghaleel Fee Manar As-Sabeel (74)’, and similarly by Shaikh Abdul Qadir Al-Arnauut in his Ta’leeq (comments and checking) on Al-Adhkar (of Imam An-Nawawi) (p.304).

But this Dua has been proven generally from the Prophet ﷺ without limiting it to ‘looking into the mirror’. It was narrated by Ahmad (24392), Abu Ya’la (5075), At-Tayalisi (372), Al-Bayhaqi in Ash-Shuab (8183) from Aisha (رضي الله عنها).

It was narrated by ‘Aisha (رضي الله عنها) that she said, that the Prophet ﷺ used to say, “Oh Allah, as you have beautified me, beautify my character.”

It was authenticated by the redactors of Musnad Ahmad, similarly it was authenticated (Sahih) by Al-Albani in Saheeh Al-Jami’ As-Sagheer (1307). And Allah knows the best.

The Dua in Arabic:

اللهُمَّ أَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِي ، فَأَحْسِنْ خُلُقِي.

Allahumma ahsanta khalqi fa-ahsin khuluqi.

Translated by Abu Muaaz Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna.