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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the authenticity of the hadith: “A great month has come upon you, the beginning of which is mercy, the middle of which is forgiveness, and the end of which is release from the Fire, etc.”?

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Question:
The questioner says: Many preachers have become accustomed to delivering sermons upon the arrival of Ramadan, and they seek a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): “A great month has come upon you”
It is a month whose beginning is mercy, whose middle is forgiveness, and whose end is freedom from hell.شهر عظيم أوله رحمة، وأوسطه مغفرة، وآخره عتق من النار
Mishkat al-Masabih 1965
to the end. What is the degree of authenticity of this hadith?

Answer:
Salman is well known, Salman al-Farisi. It was narrated by Ibn Huzaymah and the group, and it contains a break in the chain and weakness. If it is narrated in the form of attribution, there is no harm, such as saying it was reported from the Messenger of Allah or denied from the Messenger of Allah. However, asserting it as a fact is a matter of concern, because I have traced its chains and found no authentic, established chain. But it is narrated in the form of attribution, narrated from Sami that he said so. No, and if he brings the authentic hadiths, that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. And if he brings it for the purpose of encouraging, saying it was reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no harm. Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 126 ما مدى صحة الحديث لقد أظلكم شهر عظيم، أوله رحمة وأوسطه مغفرة وآخره عتق من النار إلخ؟ — youtube.com

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