{"id":16386,"date":"2020-09-02T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=16386"},"modified":"2020-09-02T21:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T21:25:00","slug":"authenticity-of-a-hadith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/authenticity-of-a-hadith\/","title":{"rendered":"Authenticity of a Hadith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 04029<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Answered by: Maulana&nbsp;Mohammad Ahsan Osmani<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><u>Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>Assalaamu Alaikum, I hope that you are well. I have posted a Hadith that is circulating in some parts of the internet. However, I am able to find a reference and would like to know the reference and the authenticity of the hadith below. Jazak Allah Khair<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Once the Prophet (PBUH) appeared to the gathering of the companions. He noticed that all of them were in deep thinking. So he asked, &quot;What&#39;s the matter?&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&quot;We are thinking of the creation of Allah.&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&quot;Very well, think of Allah&#39;s creations, but not about how He might have come first lest it should inject bizarre thoughts.&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Then the Prophet (PBUH) said, &quot;Let it be known to you, (pointing at the west horizon) there&#39;s a white Earth there. Sun is 40 times brighter there. There exists a creation of Allah, none of them has ever gone astray.&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The companions said, &quot;Where&#39;s Satan then, to them?&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&quot;They do not know of the creation of Satan.&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&quot;Are they humans? Children of Adam?&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&quot;No,&quot; the Prophet (PBUH) replied, &quot;they even don&#39;t know of Adam.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">\u0628\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0652\u0645<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">This Hadith is mentioned in Ihyaa ul Uloom Al-Deen of Imam Ghazali in the chapter of Tafakkur.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\" title=\"\"><sup><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a> My teacher, who specialized in Hadith, told me that this narration seems to be a combination of two Ahadith; the first portion of the Hadith, regarding pondering over the creation of Allah (sbw), is da&rsquo;eef (weak), and the remainder of the Hadith is da&rsquo;eef jiddan (extremely weak). However, the translation of the Hadith which you have provided does not appear to be accurate in terms of matching the original Arabic.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Written by Maulana Mohammad Ahsan Osmani<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\" title=\"\"><sup><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a>Ihyaaul Uloom Al-Deen: v. 4, p. 563 (Maktaba Rasheedia)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 04029 Answered by: Maulana&nbsp;Mohammad Ahsan Osmani &nbsp; Question &nbsp; Assalaamu Alaikum, I hope that you are well. 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