Research-Based Review of 14 Weak and Fabricated Narrations on the Virtues of Surah Yaseen
Source: Fatawa ‘Ilmiyyah, Volume 1, Kitab al-Du‘a, Page 493
Is the following narration authentic?
"Whoever recites Surah Yaseen every morning, all his needs for that day will be fulfilled."
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, Ammā Baʿd:
This narration appears in Sunan al-Dārimī: Vol. 2, Pg. 457, Ḥadīth 3421 (Verified Edition: Ḥadīth 3461):
"ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ (a Tābiʿī) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said..."
It has also been transmitted by the compiler of Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ under Ḥadīth 21277 from Sunan al-Dārimī.
However, this narration is weak due to its being Mursal, and the subject of "Balaghanī" (i.e., 'it reached me') has an unknown agent, thus rendering the chain of transmission unreliable.
All the following narrations are weak (ḍa‘īf), rejected (mardūd), or fabricated (mawḍū‘):
Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī: Ḥadīth 2887 (From Qatādah, from Anas RA)
Also referenced in Tablīghī Nisāb, Pg. 292; Faḍāʾil al-Qur’an, Pg. 58
Reason for weakness: Narrator Hārūn Abū Muḥammad is Majhūl (unknown).
Shaykh al-Albānī declared it fabricated.
(Al-Ḍaʿīfah: Vol. 1, Pg. 202, Ḥadīth 169)
Additional criticism: According to Imām Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī, the narrator Muqātil ibn Sulaymān is a liar.
(ʿIlal al-Ḥadīth: Vol. 2, Pg. 1652)
Kashf al-Astār ʿan Zawāʾid al-Bazzār: Vol. 3, Pg. 87, Ḥadīth 2304 (From ʿAṭāʾ, from Abū Hurayrah)
Reason for weakness: Narrator Ḥumayd is Majhūl (unknown), and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Faḍl also lacks identification.
(Al-Ḍaʿīfah: Vol. 1, Pgs. 2–4)
Musnad Abī Yaʿlā: Vol. 11, Pg. 93–94, Ḥadīth 6324
Narrator: Hishām ibn Ziyād – Matrūk (abandoned)
(Al-Taqrīb: Pg. 364, T:7292)
Al-Dārimī: Ḥadīth 342
Narrated by Ḥasan al-Baṣrī from Abū Hurayrah, but no proven meeting.
Ḥasan al-Baṣrī is a Mudallis, and narrated using ‘ʿan’, hence weak.
Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān: Mawārid al-Ẓamʾān, Ḥadīth 665
Narrator: Ḥasan al-Baṣrī from Jundub RA
According to Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī: "Ḥasan did not hear from Jundub.”
(Al-Mursal: Pg. 42)
Shuʿab al-Īmān by al-Bayhaqī: Ḥadīth 2458
Narrator Abū ʿUthmān is Majhūl, as is his father.
Appears in:
Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ: Vol. 4, Pg. 130 (From ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd RA)
Narrator: Abū Maryam ʿAbd al-Ghaffār ibn al-Qāsim al-Kūfī – Kadhdhāb (liar, fabricator)
(Lisān al-Mīzān: Vol. 4, Pg. 50–51)
Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ: Vol. 7, Pg. 136
Narrator: al-Ḥārith al-Aʿwar from ʿAlī RA
Reason for weakness: Narrator is extremely weak, and narration includes Tadlīs of Abū Isḥāq.
Kashf al-Astār: Vol. 3, Pg. 87, Ḥadīth 2305 (from Ibn ʿAbbās)
Reason for weakness:
Narrator Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Abān is weak
(Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb: Pg. 166)
Al-Wasīṭ by al-Wāḥidī: Vol. 3, Pgs. 5–9
Narrators: Yūsuf ibn ʿAṭiyyah al-Ṣaffār (abandoned), Hārūn ibn Kathīr (unknown)
(Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb: 7872, Lisān al-Mīzān: Vol. 6, Pg. 218)
Shuʿab al-Īmān: Ḥadīth 2459
Reason for weakness: Narrator Ḥassān ibn ʿAṭiyyah – Mursal narration
Appears in:
Al-Amālī al-Shajarī: Vol. 1, Pg. 118
Reason for weakness: Narrators:
In Sunan al-Dārimī, a statement of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās RA is recorded:
“Whoever recites Yaseen in the morning, his day will be made easy until evening; and whoever recites it at the beginning of the night, his night will be made easy until morning.”
(Sunan al-Dārimī: Vol. 1, Pg. 457, Ḥadīth 3422; Other edition: Ḥadīth 3462)
Narrators:
① ʿAmr ibn Zurārah – Thiqah, trustworthy
② ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Thaqafī – Thiqah, memory affected later in life, but no narration is traced to his weak period
③ Rāshid ibn Najīḥ al-Ḥimānī – Ṣadūq, occasional mistakes
④ Shahr ibn Ḥawshab – Declared trustworthy by the majority
Conclusion: This narration is Ḥasan li-dhātihi
(Al-Ḥadīth: 17)
Also confirmed in Monthly Shahādat, Islamabad – January 2003
◈ All Marfūʿ narrations regarding the virtues of Surah Yaseen are either weak, rejected, or fabricated.
◈ However, the Mawqūf narration of Ibn ʿAbbās RA is Ḥasan and can be acted upon.
Hādhā mā ʿindī wa-Allāhu Aʿlam bi-ṣ-Ṣawāb
Source: Fatawa ‘Ilmiyyah, Volume 1, Kitab al-Du‘a, Page 493❖ Inquiry:
Is the following narration authentic?
"Whoever recites Surah Yaseen every morning, all his needs for that day will be fulfilled."
❖ Answer:
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, Ammā Baʿd:
This narration appears in Sunan al-Dārimī: Vol. 2, Pg. 457, Ḥadīth 3421 (Verified Edition: Ḥadīth 3461):
"ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ (a Tābiʿī) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said..."
It has also been transmitted by the compiler of Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ under Ḥadīth 21277 from Sunan al-Dārimī.
However, this narration is weak due to its being Mursal, and the subject of "Balaghanī" (i.e., 'it reached me') has an unknown agent, thus rendering the chain of transmission unreliable.
Detailed Review of Marfū‘ Narrations on the Virtues of Surah Yaseen
All the following narrations are weak (ḍa‘īf), rejected (mardūd), or fabricated (mawḍū‘):
① “Indeed, everything has a heart, and the heart of the Qur’an is Yaseen. Whoever recites Yaseen, it will be as if he has recited the Qur’an ten times.”
Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī: Ḥadīth 2887 (From Qatādah, from Anas RA)
Also referenced in Tablīghī Nisāb, Pg. 292; Faḍāʾil al-Qur’an, Pg. 58
Reason for weakness: Narrator Hārūn Abū Muḥammad is Majhūl (unknown).
Shaykh al-Albānī declared it fabricated.
(Al-Ḍaʿīfah: Vol. 1, Pg. 202, Ḥadīth 169)
Additional criticism: According to Imām Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī, the narrator Muqātil ibn Sulaymān is a liar.
(ʿIlal al-Ḥadīth: Vol. 2, Pg. 1652)
② “Everything has a heart, and the heart of the Qur’an is Yaseen.”
Kashf al-Astār ʿan Zawāʾid al-Bazzār: Vol. 3, Pg. 87, Ḥadīth 2304 (From ʿAṭāʾ, from Abū Hurayrah)
Reason for weakness: Narrator Ḥumayd is Majhūl (unknown), and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Faḍl also lacks identification.
(Al-Ḍaʿīfah: Vol. 1, Pgs. 2–4)
③ “Whoever recites Yaseen at night will be forgiven by morning.”
Musnad Abī Yaʿlā: Vol. 11, Pg. 93–94, Ḥadīth 6324
Narrator: Hishām ibn Ziyād – Matrūk (abandoned)
(Al-Taqrīb: Pg. 364, T:7292)
④ “Whoever recites Yaseen at night seeking the pleasure of Allah, his sins will be forgiven that night.”
Al-Dārimī: Ḥadīth 342
Narrated by Ḥasan al-Baṣrī from Abū Hurayrah, but no proven meeting.
Ḥasan al-Baṣrī is a Mudallis, and narrated using ‘ʿan’, hence weak.
⑤ “Whoever recites Yaseen seeking Allah’s pleasure, his past sins will be forgiven…”
Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān: Mawārid al-Ẓamʾān, Ḥadīth 665
Narrator: Ḥasan al-Baṣrī from Jundub RA
According to Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī: "Ḥasan did not hear from Jundub.”
(Al-Mursal: Pg. 42)
⑥ “Recite Yaseen upon your deceased.”
Shuʿab al-Īmān by al-Bayhaqī: Ḥadīth 2458
Narrator Abū ʿUthmān is Majhūl, as is his father.
Appears in:
- Musnad Aḥmad (5/26, 27)
- Al-Mustadrak al-Ḥākim (1/565)
- Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (7/269, Ḥadīth 2991; verified version: Ḥadīth 3002)
- Sunan Abī Dāwūd (3121)
- Sunan Ibn Mājah (1448)
Imām al-Dāraquṭnī declared this narration weak.
A weak supporting chain exists in Musnad Aḥmad (4/105)
⑦ “Whoever recites Yaseen at night will be forgiven by morning.”
Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ: Vol. 4, Pg. 130 (From ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd RA)
Narrator: Abū Maryam ʿAbd al-Ghaffār ibn al-Qāsim al-Kūfī – Kadhdhāb (liar, fabricator)
(Lisān al-Mīzān: Vol. 4, Pg. 50–51)
⑧ “Whoever recites Yaseen, it is equivalent to twenty Ḥajj...”
Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ: Vol. 7, Pg. 136
Narrator: al-Ḥārith al-Aʿwar from ʿAlī RA
Reason for weakness: Narrator is extremely weak, and narration includes Tadlīs of Abū Isḥāq.
⑨ “I wish Yaseen was in every heart of my Ummah…”
Kashf al-Astār: Vol. 3, Pg. 87, Ḥadīth 2305 (from Ibn ʿAbbās)
Reason for weakness:
Narrator Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Abān is weak
(Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb: Pg. 166)
⑩ “Whoever recites Yaseen during the throes of death... will die quenched…”
Al-Wasīṭ by al-Wāḥidī: Vol. 3, Pgs. 5–9
Narrators: Yūsuf ibn ʿAṭiyyah al-Ṣaffār (abandoned), Hārūn ibn Kathīr (unknown)
(Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb: 7872, Lisān al-Mīzān: Vol. 6, Pg. 218)
⑪ “Whoever recites Yaseen, it is as if he recited the Qur’an ten times.”
Shuʿab al-Īmān: Ḥadīth 2459
Reason for weakness: Narrator Ḥassān ibn ʿAṭiyyah – Mursal narration
⑫ “Surah Yaseen is called 'al-Munʿimah' in the Torah…”
Appears in:
- Shuʿab al-Īmān: Ḥadīth 2465
- Al-ʿUqaylī: Vol. 2, Pg. 143
- Al-Amālī al-Shajarī: Vol. 1, Pg. 118
- Tārīkh Baghdād: Vol. 2, Pgs. 387–388
- Al-Mawḍūʿāt by Ibn al-Jawzī: Pg. 347, Vol. 1
- Tablīghī Nisāb: Pg. 292; Faḍāʾil al-Qur’an: Pg. 58–59
Reason for weakness:
Narrator Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Jadʿānī is Matrūk al-ḥadīth.
Other narrators are also Majhūl.
Imām al-Bayhaqī and al-ʿUqaylī considered it Munkar.
In another chain: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd ibn ʿĀmir al-Samarqandī is Kadhdhāb, thief.
⑬ “I have made it obligatory upon my Ummah to recite Yaseen every night… he will die a martyr.”
Al-Amālī al-Shajarī: Vol. 1, Pg. 118
Reason for weakness: Narrators:
- ʿUmar ibn Saʿd al-Wāqiṣī
- Abū Ḥamḍ ibn ʿUmar ibn Ḥafṣ
- Abū ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm
All narrators’ reliability is unknown.
A Ḥasan Narration:
In Sunan al-Dārimī, a statement of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās RA is recorded:
“Whoever recites Yaseen in the morning, his day will be made easy until evening; and whoever recites it at the beginning of the night, his night will be made easy until morning.”
(Sunan al-Dārimī: Vol. 1, Pg. 457, Ḥadīth 3422; Other edition: Ḥadīth 3462)
Narrators:
① ʿAmr ibn Zurārah – Thiqah, trustworthy
② ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Thaqafī – Thiqah, memory affected later in life, but no narration is traced to his weak period
③ Rāshid ibn Najīḥ al-Ḥimānī – Ṣadūq, occasional mistakes
④ Shahr ibn Ḥawshab – Declared trustworthy by the majority
Conclusion: This narration is Ḥasan li-dhātihi
(Al-Ḥadīth: 17)
Also confirmed in Monthly Shahādat, Islamabad – January 2003
✦ Summary ✦
◈ All Marfūʿ narrations regarding the virtues of Surah Yaseen are either weak, rejected, or fabricated.
◈ However, the Mawqūf narration of Ibn ʿAbbās RA is Ḥasan and can be acted upon.
Hādhā mā ʿindī wa-Allāhu Aʿlam bi-ṣ-Ṣawāb
