Is it true that the hadith regarding the Prayer of Tasbih is weak?
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The questioner : ... Is it true that the hadiths regarding this prayer are weak?
The Shaykh : The Prayer of Tasbih?
Regarding the reality of the Prayer of Tasbih, the scholars of hadith have differed greatly. Some have said: it is a fabricated hadith. Some have said: it is weak. Some have said: it is good. And some have said: it is authentic. I do not wish to lengthen the discussion now about the difference between good and authentic, and that both good and authentic are divided into good in itself and good due to external factors, and authentic is divided into authentic in itself and authentic due to external factors. But the important point is to say that whoever said it is a fabricated hadith has exaggerated and strayed far from the truth. And whoever said it is weak is close to the first group. The truth is that the hadith revolves between the statement of those who said it is good and the statement of those who said it is authentic; and this is the stronger position with us.
The authenticity came from two paths or from two aspects:
The first aspect is that the hadith of the Prayer of Tasbih came from multiple paths in "Sunan Abu Dawud" and other books of the Sunnah. The scholars of hadith say in them that they strengthen one another and reinforce one another; because there is no one in them who is a liar, or one who is accused of lying, but rather some of them have been criticized regarding their memorization. So the error due to poor memorization is safeguarded by the arrival of a corroborating narration; so how much more so when the corroborating narrations for the hadith of the Prayer of Tasbih have arrived? This is the first aspect.
The other aspect is that some of the great imams of the Salaf acted upon this hadith, and among those who narrated this hadith was 'Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, who is a shaykh of the shaykhs of the Imam of the Sunnah, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. So if this hadith had not been authentic with this Imam, he would not have acted upon it. Therefore, the truth of what the scholars said about this hadith is that it is an authentic hadith, and it is obligatory for the Muslim to act upon it, even if only once in his life. That is by praying four rak'ahs, in each rak'ah seventy-five tasbih, fifteen in the standing, and ten in each of the remaining pillars, making the total three hundred tasbih. For it will be a forgiveness for him, as came in the hadith mentioned earlier.
Other than that?
Please proceed.
The Shaykh : The Prayer of Tasbih?
Regarding the reality of the Prayer of Tasbih, the scholars of hadith have differed greatly. Some have said: it is a fabricated hadith. Some have said: it is weak. Some have said: it is good. And some have said: it is authentic. I do not wish to lengthen the discussion now about the difference between good and authentic, and that both good and authentic are divided into good in itself and good due to external factors, and authentic is divided into authentic in itself and authentic due to external factors. But the important point is to say that whoever said it is a fabricated hadith has exaggerated and strayed far from the truth. And whoever said it is weak is close to the first group. The truth is that the hadith revolves between the statement of those who said it is good and the statement of those who said it is authentic; and this is the stronger position with us.
The authenticity came from two paths or from two aspects:
The first aspect is that the hadith of the Prayer of Tasbih came from multiple paths in "Sunan Abu Dawud" and other books of the Sunnah. The scholars of hadith say in them that they strengthen one another and reinforce one another; because there is no one in them who is a liar, or one who is accused of lying, but rather some of them have been criticized regarding their memorization. So the error due to poor memorization is safeguarded by the arrival of a corroborating narration; so how much more so when the corroborating narrations for the hadith of the Prayer of Tasbih have arrived? This is the first aspect.
The other aspect is that some of the great imams of the Salaf acted upon this hadith, and among those who narrated this hadith was 'Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, who is a shaykh of the shaykhs of the Imam of the Sunnah, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. So if this hadith had not been authentic with this Imam, he would not have acted upon it. Therefore, the truth of what the scholars said about this hadith is that it is an authentic hadith, and it is obligatory for the Muslim to act upon it, even if only once in his life. That is by praying four rak'ahs, in each rak'ah seventy-five tasbih, fifteen in the standing, and ten in each of the remaining pillars, making the total three hundred tasbih. For it will be a forgiveness for him, as came in the hadith mentioned earlier.
Other than that?
Please proceed.
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