Question: A person who recites Surah Ya-Sin every morning will have all his needs of the day fulfilled. Investigation of this narration is requested. (Summarized from the letter of Habibullah, teacher, Kandhi Mughalzai, Peshawar)
Answer: This narration is present in Sunan al-Darimi
through the chain of عطاء بن ابي رباح ( تابعي) قال : بلغني ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال, and the author of Mishkat has transmitted it from al-Darimi
. This narration is weak because it is mursal, and the subject of بلغني is unknown.
The following marfu’ narrations on the virtue of Surah Ya-Sin are also weak and rejected:
➊ إن لكل شئ قلبا و قلب القرآن يٰس و من قرأ يٰس كتب الله له بقرأ تها قراء ة القرآن عشر مرات
↰ Imam al-Tirmidhi, regarding one of the narrators of this narration, Harun Abu Muhammad, said: “Shaykh majhul (an unknown shaykh).”
Therefore, this narration is weak due to the unknown status of the aforementioned Harun.
Shaykh al-Albani, may Allah have mercy on him, declared it fabricated.
Imam Abu Hatim al-Razi claimed that the narrator of this hadith is Muqatil ibn Sulayman, who is كذاب.
Whereas in Sunan al-Tirmidhi and Sunan al-Darimi
and Tarikh Baghdad
, it is Muqatil ibn Hayyan صدوق. والله اعلم
The translation of the above narration by Zakariyya Sahib, the Tabligi Deobandi, is written in the following words:
“Every thing has a heart. The heart of the Quran is Surah Ya-Sin. Whoever recites Surah Ya-Sin, Allah, the Exalted, records for him the reward of ten Qurans.”
➋ In this chapter, regarding the narration of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, Imam al-Tirmidhi wrote that ولا يصح من قبل إسناده و إسناده ضعيف
➌ إن لكل شئي قلبا و قلب القرآن يٰس
↰ Regarding this hadith, Shaykh al-Albani, may Allah have mercy on him, says:
وحميد هذا مجهول كما قال الحافظ فى التقريب و عبدالرحمن بن الفضل شيخ البزارلم أعرفه
That is, its (basic) narrator Hamid (al-Makki, mawla of Al ‘Alqamah / Tafsir Ibn Kathir 3/570) is unknown, as Hafiz (Ibn Hajar) said in Taqrib al-Tahdhib, and I have not recognized ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Fadl, the teacher of al-Bazzar.
➍ من قرأ يٰس فى ليلة أصبح مغفورا له . . etc.
↰ The chain of this narration is severely weak.
Hisham ibn Ziyad is matruk (abandoned).
➎ من قرأ يٰس فى ليلة ابتغاء وجه الله غفر له فى تلك الليلة
This narration is weak due to a break in the chain (inqita’).
The meeting of al-Hasan al-Basri with Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, is not established.
Secondly, he is a mudallis and is narrating with “‘an”.
➏ من قرأ يٰس فى ليلة ابتغاء وجه الله غفر له
↰ The chain of this narration is weak due to a break (inqita’).
◈ Abu Hatim al-Razi said:
لم يصح للحسن سماع من جندب
See also the previous hadith: 5
➐ من قرأيٰس ابتغاء وجه الله تعالىٰ غفرله ما تقدم من ذنبه فاقرؤ و ها عند موتاكم
↰ Its chain is weak due to an unknown narrator, Abu ‘Uthman (who is not al-Nahdi), and the unknown status of his father.
This narration is found in brief in Musnad Ahmad
, Mustadrak al-Hakim
, Sahih Ibn Hibban
, Sunan Abi Dawud
, and Sunan Ibn Majah
. Imam al-Daraqutni declared this hadith weak. It also has a weak supporting narration (shahid) in Musnad Ahmad
.
➑ من قرأيٰس فى ليلة أصبح مغفورا له
↰ Its chain is fabricated (mawdu’) because of Abu Maryam ‘Abd al-Ghaffar ibn al-Qasim al-Kufi.
Abu Maryam mentioned was a liar and fabricator. See Lisan al-Mizan
➒ من قرأ يٰس عدلت له عشرين حجة ومن كتابها ثم شربها أدخلت جوفه ألف يقين و ألف رحمة و نزعت منه كل غل وداء
من حديث الحارث (الأعور) عن على به
“This narration is severely weak due to the severe weakness of al-Harith al-A’war (along with the tadlis of Abu Ishaq).”
➓ لوددت إنها فى قلب كل إنسان من أمتي يعني يٰس
↰ Its narrator Ibrahim ibn al-Hakam ibn Aban is weak.
⓫ من قرأ سورة يس وهو فى سكرات الموت أو قريب عنده جاء ه خازن الجنة بشربة من شراب الجنة فسقاها إياه وهو على فراشه فيشرب فيموت ريان ويبعث ريان ولا يحتاج إلى حوض من حياض الأنبياء
↰ This narration is fabricated.
Yusuf ibn ‘Atiyyah al-Saffar is matruk.
And Harun ibn Kathir is majhul. See Lisan al-Mizan
⓬ من قرأيس فكأنما قرأ القرآن عشر مرات
↰ This narration is mursal due to Hassan ibn ‘Atiyyah; Isma’il ibn ‘Ayyash is a mudallis.
⓭ سورة يٰس تدعي فى التوراة المنعمة . . . etc.
↰ The chain of this narration is fabricated.
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Jada’ani is matruk al-hadith, and several other narrators are unknown.
◈ Imam al-Bayhaqi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: وھو منکر
◈ Imam al-‘Uqayli, may Allah have mercy on him, also declared it munkar.
Another chain of this narration is in Tarikh Baghdad and al-Mawdu’at of Ibn al-Jawzi.
Its narrator Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ibn ‘Amir al-Samarqandi was a liar and a thief.
⓮ إني فرضت على أمتي قراء ة يس كل ليلة فمن دام على قراء تها كل ليلة ثم مات مات شهيدا
↰ This narration is fabricated.
The reliability of several of its narrators, such as ‘Umar ibn Sa’d al-Waqasi, Abu Hamd ibn ‘Umar ibn Hafs, and Abu ‘Amir Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahim, is unknown.
Summary: The summary is that all marfu’ narrations on the virtue of Surah Ya-Sin are weak and rejected.
◈ Imam al-Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
حدثنا عمر و بن زرارة : حدثنا عبدالوهاب : حدثنا راشد أبو محمد الحماني عن شهر بن حوشب قال : قال ابن عباس : من قرأ يٰس حين يصبح، أعطي يسر يومه حتي يمسي، ومن قرأها فى صدر ليلة أعطي يسر ليلته حتي يصبح
Amr bin Zurarah narrated to us: Abdul Wahhab al-Thaqafi narrated to us: Rashid Abu Muhammad al-Hamani narrated to us, from Shahr bin Hawshab, who said: Sayyidna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whoever recites Yasin in the morning will be granted ease for his day until evening, and whoever recites it at the beginning of a night will be granted ease for his night until morning. (That is, his day and night will pass in comfort and ease.)
↰ A brief introduction to the narrators of this hadith follows.
① Amr bin Zurarah: ثقة ثبت
② Abdul Wahhab al-Thaqafi: ثقة تغير قبل موته بثلاث سنين
لكنه ما ضر تغيره حديثه فإنه ماحدث بحديث فى زمن التغير
③ Rashid bin Najih al-Hamani: صدوق ربما أخطأ
وحسن له البوصيري
He is a narrator whose hadith is hasan.
④ Shahr bin Hawshab is a narrator about whom there is difference of opinion; the majority of muhaddithun have declared him trustworthy (thiqah).
Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) calls one of his narrations hasan.
Therefore, according to our research, this narrator is hasan al-hadith. والله اعلم
The summary is that this chain is hasan li-dhatihi.
