Saturday 28 June 2014

Some Weak Ahaadeeth About the Fast of Ramadaan



The following are some weak ahaadeeth that are often quoted, which are related to fasting in Ramadaan. So every Muslim should beware of attributing them to the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam)[1]

1.      “The first part of Ramadaan is mercy, the middle part is (of it) is forgiveness and the last part is freedom from the Hellfire.” [Very weak]

2.      “Fast and you will be healthy.” [Weak]

3.      “The month of Ramadaan is suspended between the heavens and earth – it is not raised up to Allaah until the Zaaatul-Fitr is given.” [Weak].

4.      “The month of Ramadaan is the month of Allaah, and the month of Sha’baan is my month and Ramadaan is expiation (for sins).” [Very Weak]

5.      “When the first night of Ramadaan comes, Allaah looks at His creation. And if Allaah looks at a servant of His, He will never punish him. And every night Allaah frees one million people from the Hellfire.” [Fabricated].

6.      “Fasting is half of patience. And there is Zakaah that is binding on everything, so the Zakaah of the body is fasting.” [Weak].

7.      “Whoever breaks his fast in Ramadaan without a valid excuse that Allaah has allowed for him, it will not be recorded for him that he fasted a whole year, even if he fasts it.” [Weak].

8.      “O people! A very great and blessed month has come upon you. It is a month in which there is a night that is better than a thousand months. Allaah has made it an obligation to fast in it, and recommended us to observe the night prayer in it. Whoever seeks nearness to Allaah by doing a good deed in it, it will be like one performing an obligatory action in other months. And whoever performs an obligatory action in it, it is as if he has performed seventy obligatory actions in other months. It is a month of patience – and the reward for patience is Paradise – and a month of comfort, and a month in which the believer’s provision (i.e. wealth) in increased.  Whoever feeds a fasting person in this month will have his sins forgiven and free his neck from the Hellfire. And he will have the same reward as the person who is fasting without subtracting anything from his reward. Allaah gives this reward to the one who feeds a fasting person with (even) a sip of milk or a date or a cup of water. And whoever quenches the thirst of the fasting person, Allaah will let him drink a serving from my Hawd (Fountain) from which he will not feel thirst again until he enters Paradise. And it is a month in which the first part of it is mercy, the middle part of it is forgiveness and the last part is freedom from the Hellfire. And whoever lessens the burden on his servant in it (Ramadaan), Allaah will forgive him his sins and free him from the Hellfire.”




[1] The grading on these ahaadeeth were taken from two books of Shaykh al-Albaanee, namely: Da’eef al-Jaami and Silsilatul-Ahaadeeth ad-Da’eefah wal-Mawdoo’ah. See Fasting and Its Rulings, pp. 26-27 by Shaykh Usaamah al-Qoosee. Translated and edited by Abu Sumayyah Muhammad Khan and Abu Maryam Ismaa’eel Alarcon

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