If a Muslim finishes reading a hadith, does he say, "May the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) be truthful"?

Question : Shaykh, is it taken from the statement of A'kan Muhammad that when he mentioned him, he said, "May the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) be truthful"?

Answer : No, this is the independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of one of the Tabi'un (the generation after the Companions); it may be correct or it may be incorrect. Does the rest of the Ummah (the Muslim community) say that? We do not know, but it was not denounced.