Supplication When Entering the Market
Question
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Whoever enters the market and recites:
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ۔
then Allah Almighty writes for him one hundred thousand good deeds, forgives one hundred thousand sins, and builds a house for him in Paradise.”
The query is that Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai (may Allah have mercy on him) has declared this hadith weak, while many scholars consider it authentic, which has caused some of my friends to be confused. May Allah reward you with goodness; clarification is needed on this matter.
Answer
In our view, the strongest position is that this narration, in all its chains, is weak. The details are as follows.
First Chain:…. It is narrated on the authority of Amr ibn Dinar, the champion of the Al-Zubair family.
See:
Amr ibn Dinar, the mentioned champion of the Al-Zubair family, is weak in hadith.
➊Imam Yahya bin Ma’in said:
” لَيْسَ بِشَيء“.
➋Imam Bukhari said:
”فِيهِ نَظرٌ‘‘
➌Imam Tirmidhi said:
’’قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ الْحَدِيثِ .“
➍Imam Nasai said:
”ضعیف“
➎Imam Abu Zur’ah ar-Razi said:
’’وَاهى الْحَدِيثِ“
➏Imam Abu Hatim ar-Razi said:
”ضعیف“
➐Imam Jawzjani said:
’’ضَعِيفُ الْحَدِيثِ‘‘
➑Imam Dar Arqutni said:
”ضعیف“
➒Hafiz Ibn Hajar said:
”ضعیف“
Since Amr bin Dinar is weak according to the majority of Muhaddithin, therefore this narration is weak.
Second Chain:…. Narrated from Azhar bin Sinan.
See:
Azhar bin Sinan is weak.
➊Imam Ibn Ma’in said:
”لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ“
➋Imam Ahmad declared ’’ لینٌ ‘‘.
➌Imam Turmudi called his hadith ’’غریبٌ “.
4. Imam Ibn Shaheen said:
’’لَيْسَ بِثِقَة‘‘
5. Imam Abu Jaafar Al-Aqeeli said:
”فِي حَدِيْثِهِ وَهُمُ ‘‘
6. Hafiz Ibn Hibban said:
”قَلِيلُ الْحَدِيْثِ مُنْكَرُ الرِّوَايَةِ“
7. Hafiz Al-Dhahabi said:
”فِیهِ لَينٌ‘‘
8. Hafiz Haithami said:
”ضعیف“
9. Allama Busiri said:
’’ضَعِيفٌ‘‘
10. Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani said:
’’ضَعِيفٌ‘‘
11. Allama Nasiruddin Al-Albani said:
”وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ إِتَّفَاقًا“
Third Method: Narrated through the chain of Abu Khalid Al-Ahmar (Sulaiman bin Hayyan).
See:
Abu Khalid Al-Ahmar is a muddler and here there is no explicit hearing, therefore this is also weak.
Fourth Method: Narrated through the chain of Masruq bin Al-Marzuban.
See:
Imam Al-Dhahabi, while summarizing Al-Mustadrak (1/539), although wrote:
”مسرُوقُ بْنُ الْمَرْزُبَان لَيْسَ بِحُجَّةِ“
But in our view, this narration is weak due to the chain of Hafs bin Ghiyath because he is a muddler and there is no explicit hearing.
Fifth Method: This is from the Basri narrator from the chain of Salim.
See:
Imam Darqutni has identified Amr bin Dinar from ’’رَجُلٌ بَصَرِی“.
And the details of Amr’s weakness have already been explained on previous pages. Even if it is not considered Amr, this narration is weak due to the unknown narrator in ’’ رجُلٌ ‘‘.
Sixth Method:…. This is mentioned from the chain of Imran bin Muslim.
See:
Imam Ibn Abi Hatim said:
’’وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ هُوَ خَطَاء“ This narration is based on an error.
Because its original chain is ’’عِمْرَانُ بنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ ، قَهْرَمَانِ آلِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ سَالِمٍ‘‘, but by mistake Amr bin Dinar was substituted for Abdullah bin Dinar, and the sound narrator was also omitted from the chain.
Therefore, this narration is also weak due to the specific criticism and rejection by Imam Ibn Abi Hatim.
Seventh Method:…. This is narrated from the chain of Ubaidullah bin Umar Al-Umari.
See:
In its chain, Salm bin Maymun Al-Khawas is a weak narrator.
➊ Imam Abu Hatim said:
’’وَلَمْ أَكْتُبْ عَنْهُ ‘‘
➋ Imam Abu Ja’far Al-Aqili said:
’’حَدَّثَ بِمَنَاكِيْرِ لَا يُتَابَعُ عَلَيْهَا‘‘
➌ Hafiz Ibn Hibban said:
’’فبطَلَ الْاِحْتِجَاجُ بِمَا يَرْوِي إِذَا لَمْ يُوَافِقِ الثِّقَاتِ.“
4. Imam Ibn Adi has declared its chains of narration and texts to be unique and reversed.
5. Hafiz Haithami said:
”ضعیفٌ“
❀ In this chain of narration, there is a narrator named Ali bin Ata who is unknown.
Dear readers! We have, fearing Allah Almighty, applied the ruling of ”ضعیفٌ“ on this narration with complete honesty and responsibility.
I was very surprised when I came across the writing of a certain person who wrote with great complexity, saying, “To the friends who are exerting every effort to declare this hadith weak, I insist that you should not worry and do not keep the sinners of this Ummah away from such practices.”
Whereas this same person, at the beginning of the book, while giving a lesson in goodwill, writes:
“When forming an opinion about any group, organization, or personality, one should act with extreme caution because slander and lies are unforgivable crimes.”
This is called: “Advising others while being a master of eloquence oneself.”
Did the honorable one himself, regarding those hadith scholars, researchers, and scholars who call this narration weak, issue a fatwa with “utmost effort” and act with “extreme caution”?
Does this person not know who falls under the scope of his fatwa?
So observe:
➊ Imam Abu Hatim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
’’هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَر‘‘
➋ Imam Tirmidhi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
’’هَذَا حَدِيثُ غَرِيبٌ “
❀ Imam Ali ibn Madini (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
’’هَذَا حَدِيثُ مُنْكَرُ‘‘
➌ Hafiz Ibn Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
’’فَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مَعْلُولٌ أَعَلَّهُ أَئِمَّةُ الْحَدِيثِ‘‘
We want to ask whether these venerable hadith scholars exerted “utmost effort”? Or are they keeping the “sinners of the Ummah” away from such practices?
Remember, no one deserves blindness to knowledge due to prejudice and stubbornness. There are hundreds of practices with authentic chains that possess many virtues, so why encourage the sinners of the Ummah with weak and unproven narrations?
وما علينا الا البلاغ
