Hadith 1129

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ ، عَنْ مُبَشِّرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْعُوفِيِّ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " يَرْكَعُ قَبْلَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَرْبَعًا لَا يَفْصِلُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْهُنَّ " .
´It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said:` “The Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform four Rak’ah before Friday (prayer), and he did not separate any of them.”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة / 1129
Hadith Grading الألبانی: ضعيف جدا  |  زبیر علی زئی: ضعيف, إسناده موضوع, قال البوصيري: ’’ ھذا إسناد مسلسل بالضعفاء: عطية (العوفي) متفق علي ضعفه وحجاج (بن أرطاة) مدلس, و مبشر بن عبيد: كذاب،وبقية ھو ابن الوليد يدلس بتدليس التسوية‘‘ بقية: صدوق مدلس, انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 417
Hadith Takhrij « تفرد بہ ابن ماجہ ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 5983 ، ومصباح الزجاجة : 403 ) ( ضعیف جدا ) » ( سند میں عطیہ ضعیف ، حجاج مدلس ، مبشر بن عبید کذاب اور بقیہ مدلس رواة ہیں )
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The mentioned narration is, in terms of its chain, fabricated (mawdu‘).
There is no specification of the number of rak‘ahs before Jumu‘ah from any authentic hadith, neither from the Prophet’s (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) statement nor from his action. Rather, when the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would ascend the pulpit (minbar), the adhan would begin, and after the adhan, he would immediately start the sermon (khutbah) without any interval.
And this was an openly observed matter. ‘Allamah ‘Iraqi states that in no authentic hadith is it transmitted from the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) that he performed a prayer consisting of a specified number of rak‘ahs before Jumu‘ah.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah, Ibn al-Qayyim rahimahullah, and other verifying scholars of the Ahl al-Hadith have concluded that there is no established sunnah or nafl (supererogatory) prayer in a specified number before Jumu‘ah.
However, whoever arrives at the mosque before the imam begins the sermon may perform as many sunnah and nafl prayers as he wishes, without specification.
And as soon as the imam begins the sermon, he should stop performing nafl prayers.
For details, see: (Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah: 24/188, 200 and Zad al-Ma‘ad: 1/432, 440)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1129