The ruling on the hadith concerning the prayer of twelve rak'ahs and the explanation of its being an innovation
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The questioner:
There is a hadith widely circulated among us these days. It is a long hadith, and its summary is that a person prays twelve rak'ahs, either at night or during the day. Then, in the last rak'ah, after the tashahhud, he praises Allah, sends blessings upon His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), then prostrates. While in prostration, he recites Surat al-Fatihah ten times, the Verse of the Throne seven times, and says "There is no godRiyad as-Salihin 1411". Then he says, "O Allah, I ask You by the bonds of knowledge from Your Throne, the limit of mercy from Your Book, Your greatest name, Your highest majesty, and Your perfect words, that You grant my need." Then he rises from prostration and says the taslim to the right and to the left. At the end of the hadith, the narrator says, "Do not teach this to the ignorant, for they will make du'a with it and it will be answered for them." Is this hadith authentic, or is it fabricated? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
This hadith is not authentic, and it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The prayer mentioned is an innovation in the religion, as long as no authentic evidence is established for it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Furthermore, it is strange in its form, because it involves reciting during prostration, which has not been reported in the prayers. In fact, reciting the Qur'an during prostration and bowing is prohibited. So it is strange in its form. Also, its chain of narration is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so it is not permissible to perform it. Whoever wants good, the field is open to him with what is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The presenter:
O Allah, send blessings upon...
The Shaykh:
The few voluntary prayers that are authentic and established at night and during the day. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Would you please mention some of what was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that suffices for this innovation?
The Shaykh:
Yes, much was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Duha prayer was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), its minimum being two rak'ahs and its maximum eight rak'ahs, performed between the rising of the sun and its standing in the middle of the sky. The night prayer and the witr were reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The rawatib were reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) , and they are the most important. All of this is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The presenter:
And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
The Shaykh:
And the greeting of the mosque when one enters the mosque and wants to sit in it. All of this is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The eclipse prayer, the prayer for rain, the tarawih prayer. All of this is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So this is much good. As for after, some people look for strange things and weak or fabricated hadiths, and they leave what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or do not care about it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. Shaykh Salih, if you permit me, perhaps what was said at the end of this fabricated hadith—that whoever does this will have their du'a answered, whatever their need, even if they are ignorant—might entice some people. I hope, my beloved Shaykh, my master, that you will guide people to a path by which their du'a is answered, and then they will be in no need of these innovations.
The Shaykh:
The method of the fabricators is that they place encouragements in the hadith they fabricate, or they place terrifying encouragements in it. This is the method of the fabricators. And this is evidence that this hadith is fabricated, because the scholars mentioned the signs of fabrication and the signs of lying about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and they mentioned the signs of authentic hadiths. Among them is that the fabricators include in what they fabricate types of warnings and types of promises that satisfy the ignorant or compel the ignorant to do what they warn against. The hadiths established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in terms of encouragement and warning are sufficient, praise be to Allah.
The presenter:
Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh:
They are sufficient for the Muslims. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
There is a hadith widely circulated among us these days. It is a long hadith, and its summary is that a person prays twelve rak'ahs, either at night or during the day. Then, in the last rak'ah, after the tashahhud, he praises Allah, sends blessings upon His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), then prostrates. While in prostration, he recites Surat al-Fatihah ten times, the Verse of the Throne seven times, and says "There is no god
illallahu, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahulmulku wa lahulhamdu, wa Huwa 'ala kulli sha'in Qadir (there is no true god except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him. His is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Omnipotent),' he will have a reward
إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيء قدير، عشر مراتThe Shaykh:
This hadith is not authentic, and it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The prayer mentioned is an innovation in the religion, as long as no authentic evidence is established for it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Furthermore, it is strange in its form, because it involves reciting during prostration, which has not been reported in the prayers. In fact, reciting the Qur'an during prostration and bowing is prohibited. So it is strange in its form. Also, its chain of narration is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so it is not permissible to perform it. Whoever wants good, the field is open to him with what is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The presenter:
O Allah, send blessings upon...
The Shaykh:
The few voluntary prayers that are authentic and established at night and during the day. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Would you please mention some of what was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that suffices for this innovation?
The Shaykh:
Yes, much was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Duha prayer was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), its minimum being two rak'ahs and its maximum eight rak'ahs, performed between the rising of the sun and its standing in the middle of the sky. The night prayer and the witr were reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
the night prayer and the prayer
صلاة الليل وصلاةthe rawatib that are performed
الرواتب التي تفعلor four rak'ahs before the midday prayer, two rak'ahs after it, two rak'ahs after the sunset prayer, two rak'ahs after the night prayer, and two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer,
أو أربع ركعات قبل الظهر، ركعتان بعدها، وركعتان بعد المغرب، وركعتان بعد الإسعاف، وركعتان قبل صلاة الفجر،The presenter:
And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
The Shaykh:
And the greeting of the mosque when one enters the mosque and wants to sit in it. All of this is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The eclipse prayer, the prayer for rain, the tarawih prayer. All of this is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So this is much good. As for after, some people look for strange things and weak or fabricated hadiths, and they leave what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or do not care about it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. Shaykh Salih, if you permit me, perhaps what was said at the end of this fabricated hadith—that whoever does this will have their du'a answered, whatever their need, even if they are ignorant—might entice some people. I hope, my beloved Shaykh, my master, that you will guide people to a path by which their du'a is answered, and then they will be in no need of these innovations.
The Shaykh:
The method of the fabricators is that they place encouragements in the hadith they fabricate, or they place terrifying encouragements in it. This is the method of the fabricators. And this is evidence that this hadith is fabricated, because the scholars mentioned the signs of fabrication and the signs of lying about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and they mentioned the signs of authentic hadiths. Among them is that the fabricators include in what they fabricate types of warnings and types of promises that satisfy the ignorant or compel the ignorant to do what they warn against. The hadiths established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in terms of encouragement and warning are sufficient, praise be to Allah.
The presenter:
Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh:
They are sufficient for the Muslims. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماصجة الحديث الذي يقول (اثنتا عشرة ركعة يصليها المرء في ليل أو نهار...)؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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