Investigative Review of the Narration about Prophet Adam (AS) Supplicating through the Intercession of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
Taken from: Fatāwā ʿIlmiyyah, Volume 1, Kitāb al-ʿAqāʾid, Page 84
❖ Question:
A narration mentions that Sayyidunā Ādam (علیہ السلام) supplicated through the intercession (waseelah) of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
📖 (Al-Mustadrak by Al-Ḥākim 2/615 Ḥadīth 4228, Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwah by al-Bayhaqī 5/489)
Dr. Muhammad Tāhir al-Qādrī has cited this narration and written:
“Imām Ḥākim (رحمہ الله) classified this ḥadīth as ‘Ṣaḥīḥ al-Isnād’.
Imām al-Bayhaqī (رحمہ الله) also declared it authentic.”
📖 (Al-Arbaʿīn fī Faḍāʾil al-Nabī al-Amīn, Page 55, 4th Edition, 2002)
Is it truly the case that Imām al-Bayhaqī (رحمہ الله) authenticated this narration?
❖ Answer:
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ʿammā baʿd!
◈ Clarification Regarding the Claim about Imām al-Bayhaqī
It is completely false to claim that Imām al-Bayhaqī (رحمہ الله) authenticated this narration.
✔ The Reality:
In fact, Imām al-Bayhaqī (رحمہ الله) explicitly mentioned the weakness of this narration after quoting it:
📖 “تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمٰنِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ”
“This narration is uniquely reported through ʿAbdur-Raḥmān ibn Zayd ibn Aslam in this form, and he is weak.”
📖 (Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwah 5/489)
Hence, Dr. Tāhir al-Qādrī’s assertion that “Imām al-Bayhaqī also authenticated it” is a clear falsehood and a breach of scholarly integrity.
◈ Imām al-Ḥākim’s Authentication and Its Reality
Imām al-Ḥākim (رحمہ الله) classified this narration as Ṣaḥīḥ al-Isnād, but this was refuted by Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī (رحمہ الله) in Talkhīṣ al-Mustadrak, where he stated:
📖 “بَلْ مَوْضُوع”
“Rather, it is fabricated.”
◈ Reasons for the Weakness and Fabrication of This Narration
This narration includes two narrators known for being extremely weak and even fabricating ḥadīths:
① ʿAbdur-Raḥmān ibn Zayd ibn Aslam – Classified by scholars of ḥadīth as weak and narrating Munkar (unacceptable) reports.
② ʿAbdullāh ibn Muslim al-Fahrī – Also a weak narrator.
📖 Shaykh al-Albānī (رحمہ الله) has declared this narration fabricated in his research:
📖 (Silsilat al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah wal-Mawḍūʿah 1/38, 47, Ḥadīth 25)
❖ Conclusion:
✅ This narration is fabricated (mawḍūʿ) and has no Sharʿī authenticity.
✅ Imām al-Bayhaqī (رحمہ الله) never authenticated it; rather, he clearly identified its weakness.
✅ Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī (رحمہ الله) and other scholars of ḥadīth have rejected this narration.
✅ Dr. Tāhir al-Qādrī’s claim that this narration is authentic is false and a scholarly betrayal.
هٰذَا مَا عِنْدِي وَاللّٰهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَاب
This is what I hold, and Allah knows best what is correct.
