Source Attribution
This excerpt is taken from the book “Ahkām wa Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Ahmad Rabbani.
However, as for the ruling attributed to ʿAllāmah al-Albānī declaring this narration to be ḥasan, it should be clearly remembered that ʿAllāmah al-Albānī later retracted this view.
He has explicitly declared this narration to be weak (ḍaʿīf) in the following works:
◈ Sunan Abī Dāwūd (5105)
◈ Sunan al-Tirmidhī (1514), published by Maktabah al-Maʿārif, Riyadh
◈ Silsilah al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah (New Edition, 1/493)
◈ Badāyat al-Ruwāh (4085)
Additionally, see:
✔ al-Aʿlām bi Ākhir Aḥkām al-Albānī al-Imām by Shaykh Muḥammad Kamāl al-Suyūṭī (Entry No. 3)
✔ “Tarājuʿ al-ʿAllāmah al-Albānī” by Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad Ḥasan al-Shaykh
And all praise is due to Allah alone. ✔
This excerpt is taken from the book “Ahkām wa Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Shaykh Mubashir Ahmad Rabbani.
Question:
In the May 2005 issue of a monthly magazine published from Lahore, while discussing the practice of calling the Adhān in the ear of a newborn, a narration attributed to Abū Rāfi‘ah is cited. It is written there that ʿAllāmah al-Albānī declared this narration to be ḥasan. Is this claim correct and accurate?Answer:
Regarding the issue of calling the Adhān in the ear of a newborn, the present writer has already authored a fairly detailed article. For this, please refer to “Your Issues and Their Solutions in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah,” Volume Three.However, as for the ruling attributed to ʿAllāmah al-Albānī declaring this narration to be ḥasan, it should be clearly remembered that ʿAllāmah al-Albānī later retracted this view.
He has explicitly declared this narration to be weak (ḍaʿīf) in the following works:
◈ Sunan Abī Dāwūd (5105)
◈ Sunan al-Tirmidhī (1514), published by Maktabah al-Maʿārif, Riyadh
◈ Silsilah al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah (New Edition, 1/493)
◈ Badāyat al-Ruwāh (4085)
Additionally, see:
✔ al-Aʿlām bi Ākhir Aḥkām al-Albānī al-Imām by Shaykh Muḥammad Kamāl al-Suyūṭī (Entry No. 3)
✔ “Tarājuʿ al-ʿAllāmah al-Albānī” by Shaykh Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad Ḥasan al-Shaykh
Conclusion:
Therefore, attributing the ruling of ḥasan to this narration and ascribing it to ʿAllāmah al-Albānī is incorrect in every respect, as he himself has clearly stated its weakness.And all praise is due to Allah alone. ✔
