❖ Question:
What is the reality of the viral story circulating on the internet regarding the background of At-Taḥiyyāt?
Is this incident authentically established from the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ with a sound chain of narration?
❖ Answer by:
Shaykh Ḥāfiẓ Khidr Ḥayāt ḥafiẓahullāh
and Shaykh ʿAbdul Wakeel Nāṣir ḥafiẓahullāh
✿ 1. No Authentic Basis for the Viral Incident
✔ The widely circulated story about At-Taḥiyyāt being a conversation between the Prophet ﷺ, Allah ﷻ, and the angels during the event of Miʿrāj has no sound or authentic foundation.
✔ Renowned Islamic sources such as “Islam Question & Answer” and the Saudi Permanent Committee for Fatwa have declared this story baseless and fabricated.
✔ According to their research, no such narration with a valid isnād (chain of transmission) exists in the books of ḥadīth.
✿ 2. Absence in Major Ḥadīth Collections
✘ There is no mention of this incident in any authentic or primary sources such as:
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
• Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
• Sunan Abī Dāwūd
• Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī, etc.
✘ As such, attributing this event to the Prophet ﷺ is not academically sound.
✿ 3. Found in Some Books of Tafsīr and Fiqh (But Without Sanad)
✔ Some commentaries, tafsīrs, and books on fiqh or Sufism do mention similar narrations suggesting that At-Taḥiyyāt was a “gift” presented during the night of Miʿrāj.
✘ However, none of these sources provide an authentic chain of narration, nor are they cited by the scholars of ḥadīth as reliable reports.
✿ 4. The Correct Position
✔ Since this incident is not proven with any authentic sanad, attributing it to the Prophet ﷺ is inappropriate and incorrect.
✔ While the words of At-Taḥiyyāt are indeed part of the prayer and hold significant importance, the backstory linking them to the Miʿrāj is not established in ḥadīth literature.
❖ Conclusion:
✘ The story of At-Taḥiyyāt being a divine conversation during the Prophet’s ﷺ Miʿrāj is not proven with authentic evidence.
✔ The words of At-Taḥiyyāt are part of the prescribed prayer, but linking them to this narrative is unfounded.
