Question: Some scholars have written that when the Prophet ﷺ migrated from Makkah and arrived in Madinah, the innocent young girls of the Ansar were singing the following verses:
طلع البدر علينا من ثنيات الوداع
وجب الشكر علينا ما دعا لله داع
أيها المبعوث فينا جئت بالأمر المطاع
The full moon has risen over us from the mountain passes to the south,
How excellent is this religion and teaching; thanks to Allah has become obligatory upon us,
Obeying your command is obligatory; the One who sent you is your Almighty Lord.
See Rahmatun lil-Alamin (1/93) and Ar-Raheeq al-Makhtum Urdu (pp. 240, 241). Is the account of the girls reciting these verses established by a sahih chain? (Habib Muhammad)
Answer: This incident is mentioned in Rahmatun lil-Alamin with these verses without any reference.
Qadi Muhammad Sulaiman Salman Mansurpuri did not mention even one irrefutable proof for the authenticity of this account. The author of Ar-Raheeq al-Makhtum took this account from Rahmatun lil-Alamin.
This account, without a chain, is mentioned in al-Tamhid of Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (14/84), Kitab al-Thiqat of Ibn Hibban (1/131), Majmu’ Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah (18/377), al-Da’ifah of al-Albani (488), and others.
◈ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, may Allah have mercy on him, writes:
وقد روينا بسند منقطع فى الحلبيات قول النسوة لما قدم النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم : طلع البدر علينا من ثنيات الوداع، فقيل : كان ذلك عند قدومه فى الهجرة وقيل عند قدومه من غزوة تبوك
“And in al-Halabiyyat (the book of) (al-Subki al-Kabir), it is narrated through a broken chain that when the Prophet ﷺ came to Madinah, the women recited طلع البدر علينا من ثنيات الوداع. It is said that this was at the time of the Prophet ﷺ’s arrival in Madinah during the Hijrah.”
The narration that Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar, may Allah have mercy on him, pointed to is narrated with a sahih chain by Ḥāfiẓ al-Bayhaqi in his book Dala’il al-Nubuwwah (2/506, 507), from Ibn ʿAʾisha (the narrator).
Note: In al-Khasa’is al-Kubra of al-Suyuti (1/190), the reference عن عائشة has been printed, which is a printing or copyist’s error.
The Ibn ʿAʾisha in the narration of al-Bayhaqi refers to ʿUbayd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAʾisha, who died in 228 AH.
It is most likely this is the narration that Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar pointed to by saying “with a broken chain.” This same narration is also reported in al-Riyad al-Nadrah (1/480, no. 393) with the wording عن ابن عائشه وأراه عن أبيه. At the end it is written that خرجه الحلواني على شرط الشيخين al-Halwani narrated it on the condition of al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Note: The author of al-Riyad al-Nadrah means that al-Halwani narrated it from Ibn ʿAʾisha on the condition of al-Bukhari and Muslim. The father of Ibn ʿAʾisha, Muhammad ibn Hafs ibn ʿUmar ibn Musa, is unknown in status (majhul al-hal); apart from Ibn Hibban, no one has declared him trustworthy. See
Long after the death of the Prophet ﷺ, the father of Ibn ʿAʾisha was born, and then Ibn ʿAʾisha himself was born. Therefore, this chain is rejected due to being severely broken.
◈ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn al-Qayyim writes:
وهو وهم ظاهر لأن ثنيات الوداع و إنما هي من ناحية الشام، لا يراها و القادم من مكة إلى المدينة، ولا يمربها إلا إذا توجة إلى الشام
“And this (narration) is clearly a mistake, because Thaniyyat al-Wada’ is on the side of Shām (Syria) from Madinah. Someone coming from Makkah to Madinah does not see it; only one who goes toward Shām passes by it.”
Summary of research: This account is not established, and therefore it is rejected.
Note: In one copy of Mawarid al-Dham’an
, an unknown copyist added at the end of a hasan narration the words:
وقالت : أشرق البدر علينا من ثنيات الوداع
وجب الشكر علينا ما دعا لله داع
However, this addition is not present in the original Sahih Ibn Hibban, for example see:
, and because of the unknown copyist it is rejected and mawdu’. وما علينا إلا البلاغ (25 Rabi al-Awwal 1428 AH)
