What is the authenticity of the hadith: (Supplication is the essence of worship)? And is there a hadith: (Supplication averts calamity)?
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The questioner: In a hadith I heard him say about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said ?
The Shaykh: No, this hadith with this wording is weak. As for the correct wording, it is The correct wording is that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then he recited His saying, the Exalted: [Ghafir 40:60] This is the correct text. As for the first wording, , there is a man in its chain who is known among the scholars of hadith for his poor memory, namely Abdullah ibn Lahi'ah. He is the sole transmitter of this wording, unlike the trustworthy one who narrated it with the wording .
The questioner: Okay, is it true that supplication averts calamity, that supplication ascends to the sky and calamity descends, and they struggle against each other until the Day of Resurrection? Is there a text with this statement?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: Supplication ascends to the sky of the Lord of the Worlds, and calamity descends, so supplication and calamity struggle against each other.
The Shaykh: Yes, is there a hadith like this?
The questioner: Is there a text with this hadith?
The Shaykh: But in my opinion, it is weak. Do you remember anything of this?
Supplication is the essence of worship
الدّعاء مخّ العبادةThe Shaykh: No, this hadith with this wording is weak. As for the correct wording, it is
Du'a' is worship.
الدّعاء هو العبادةDu'a' is worship.
الدّعاء هو العبادةAnd your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.
وقال ربّكم ادعوني استجب لكم ، إنّ الّذين يستكبرون عن عبادتي سيدخلون جهنّم داخرينSupplication is the essence of worship
الدّعاء مخّ العبادةDu'a' is worship.
الدّعاء هو العبادةThe questioner: Okay, is it true that supplication averts calamity, that supplication ascends to the sky and calamity descends, and they struggle against each other until the Day of Resurrection? Is there a text with this statement?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: Supplication ascends to the sky of the Lord of the Worlds, and calamity descends, so supplication and calamity struggle against each other.
The Shaykh: Yes, is there a hadith like this?
The questioner: Is there a text with this hadith?
The Shaykh: But in my opinion, it is weak. Do you remember anything of this?
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