✦ Written by: Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai (رحمه الله)
According to the story, his wife informed the Prophet ﷺ about this incident through a messenger. The Prophet ﷺ inquired whether his parents were alive and learned that only his mother was, and that she was displeased with him due to his favoring his wife over her. She was brought before the Prophet ﷺ and confirmed her anger.
The Prophet ﷺ urged her to forgive Alqamah, but she refused. He then ordered Bilal رضي الله عنه to gather firewood to burn Alqamah, which terrified the mother, prompting her to forgive him. Immediately after, Alqamah was able to recite the kalimah and passed away in that state.
Following this, the Prophet ﷺ is reported to have stated the severe consequences of disobedience to one’s mother, invoking the curse of Allah, angels, and people upon such individuals.
This narration is found in Khawaja Muhammad Islam’s book “Maut ka Manzar” and attributed to al-Ṭabarānī and others.
This narration is quoted in Deobandi books such as Tablīghī Niṣāb, Faḍā’il al-A‘māl, and Faḍā’il al-Dhikr, citing Majma‘ al-Zawā’id, and classifying the narrator as matrūk.
Due to the presence of a severely weak and accused narrator (Fā’id ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān), this report is mawḍū‘ (fabricated) and cannot be narrated without clarification and rejection. To propagate it without highlighting its fabrication is impermissible.
وَمَا عَلَيْنَا إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ
❖ The Widely Quoted Story
A fabricated story is often narrated by preachers and speakers about a man named ‘Alqamah, who was known for his devotion to prayer and fasting. As his death approached, despite being prompted with the kalimah (testimony of faith), he was unable to pronounce it.According to the story, his wife informed the Prophet ﷺ about this incident through a messenger. The Prophet ﷺ inquired whether his parents were alive and learned that only his mother was, and that she was displeased with him due to his favoring his wife over her. She was brought before the Prophet ﷺ and confirmed her anger.
The Prophet ﷺ urged her to forgive Alqamah, but she refused. He then ordered Bilal رضي الله عنه to gather firewood to burn Alqamah, which terrified the mother, prompting her to forgive him. Immediately after, Alqamah was able to recite the kalimah and passed away in that state.
Following this, the Prophet ﷺ is reported to have stated the severe consequences of disobedience to one’s mother, invoking the curse of Allah, angels, and people upon such individuals.
This narration is found in Khawaja Muhammad Islam’s book “Maut ka Manzar” and attributed to al-Ṭabarānī and others.
❖ Investigation of the Chain of Narration
This narration appears in multiple sources:- Ṭabarānī (Jāmi‘ al-Masānīd wa al-Sunan, 7/307-308, Ḥadīth 5169)
- al-Bazzār (Kashf al-Astār, 2/385-386, Ḥadīth 1911)
- al-‘Uqaylī (al-Ḍu‘afā’ al-Kabīr, 3/461)
- al-Kharā’iṭī (Masāwī’ al-Akhlāq, Ḥadīth 251)
- al-Bayhaqī (Shu‘ab al-Īmān, 6/198, Ḥadīth 7892; Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah, 6/206)
- al-Rāfi‘ī (Tārīkh Qazwīn, 2/369-370)
- al-Albānī (al-Ḍa‘īfah, 7/167, Ḥadīth 3183 – “Fabricated”)
- Ibn al-Jawzī included it in al-Mawḍū‘āt (3/87)
❖ The Narrator in Question:
This narration is solely reported through Abū al-Warrāqā’, whose real name is Fā’id ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, and he is a severely criticized narrator:- Imām Aḥmad removed this narration from his collection due to Fā’id being matrūk al-ḥadīth (abandoned).
- Yahyā ibn Ma‘īn said: “Ḍa‘īf (weak).”
- Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī: “His narrations from Ibn Abī Awfā are false and baseless.”
- Imām al-Bukhārī: “Munkar al-ḥadīth – reports unrecognized statements.”
And he added: “Narrating from such a person is not permissible.” - al-Nasā’ī: “Matrūk al-ḥadīth.”
- al-Ḥākim al-Naysābūrī: “He narrates fabricated reports from Ibn Abī Awfā.”
- Ibn Ḥibbān: “Narrates rejected reports from renowned scholars.”
- Ibn Ḥajar in Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb (5393): “Matrūk – accused of lying.”
This narration is quoted in Deobandi books such as Tablīghī Niṣāb, Faḍā’il al-A‘māl, and Faḍā’il al-Dhikr, citing Majma‘ al-Zawā’id, and classifying the narrator as matrūk.
❖ Conclusion of the Research:
This narration is fabricated and falsely attributed.Due to the presence of a severely weak and accused narrator (Fā’id ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān), this report is mawḍū‘ (fabricated) and cannot be narrated without clarification and rejection. To propagate it without highlighting its fabrication is impermissible.
وَمَا عَلَيْنَا إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ
