What is the authenticity of the hadith that says: “Those who remember Me are those who sit with Me, and those who thank Me are those who visit Me . . .”?
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The questioner: ; What is the authenticity of this hadith?
The Shaykh: They say about a hadith like this, in our place in Syria: it is a fabrication. Fabrication means a composite fabrication, a manufactured creation. It has no mention whatsoever in the books of hadith.
Yes.
The questioner: Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned it in a book.
The Shaykh: I do not think this is a hadith.
The questioner: It was reported in a hadith that He says.
The Shaykh: It was reported in a hadith?!
The questioner: Yes, Allah the Exalted says: “Those who remember Me,” this is in the book: “The Good Deed and the Bad Deed.”
The Shaykh: This is from the Isra'iliyyat, clearly. It has no mention in the hadiths ever.
Those who remember Me are those who sit with Me, and those who thank Me are those who visit Me, and those who obey Me are those I honor, and those who disobey Me I do not despair them of My mercy. If they repent, I am their beloved, and if they do not repent, I am their physician. I test them with calamities to expiate their faults.
أهل ذكري أهل مجالستي ، وأهل شكري أهل زيارتي ، وأهل طاعتي أهل كرامتي ، وأهل معصيتي لا أُؤيسهم من رحمتي ، إن تابوا فأنا حبيبهم ، وإن لم يتوبوا فأنا طبيبهم ، أبتليهم بالمصائب لأُكفِّر عنهم المعايبThe Shaykh: They say about a hadith like this, in our place in Syria: it is a fabrication. Fabrication means a composite fabrication, a manufactured creation. It has no mention whatsoever in the books of hadith.
Yes.
The questioner: Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned it in a book.
The Shaykh: I do not think this is a hadith.
The questioner: It was reported in a hadith that He says.
The Shaykh: It was reported in a hadith?!
The questioner: Yes, Allah the Exalted says: “Those who remember Me,” this is in the book: “The Good Deed and the Bad Deed.”
The Shaykh: This is from the Isra'iliyyat, clearly. It has no mention in the hadiths ever.
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