The ruling on the hadith: “The best of supplication is the supplication on the Day of 'Arafah”

The Shaykh:
And upon you be peace.

The questioner:
How much, my brother?

The Shaykh:
So this is apostasy.

The questioner:
Abu Yasser, listen to us on the phone and turn down the television a little because there is an echo on our end. Go ahead, go ahead. Your program was cut off on television. Go ahead. Go ahead. I am asking, O long-lived Shaykh, he says: “The best day on which the sun has risen is the Day of 'Arafah. The best of what I have said, and the prophets before me, How authentic is this hadith?” Okay, the Shaykh will answer.

The Shaykh:
The hadith is authentic, but you have confused the Day of Jumu'ah with the Day of 'Arafah. The best day on which the sun has risen is the Day of Jumu'ah. As for 'Arafah, the hadith that has come is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): “The best of supplication is the supplication on the Day of 'Arafah, and the best of what I have said and the prophets before me , .” Yes.

The questioner:
This is the authentic hadith that the best of what I have said is: “There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner, to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs the praise, and He is over all things competent.”

The Shaykh:
My brother, we said the hadith is authentic, yes.