Authenticity of Hadiths on Kissing the Eyes (Taqbil al-‘Aynayn)

Source: Fatawa ‘Ulama-e-Hadith, Kitab al-Salah, Volume 1, Pages 254–256

✔ Ruling:​

The Hadiths related to Taqbil al-‘Aynayn (kissing the eyes) — specifically the act of kissing the fingers and placing them on the eyes upon hearing the name of the Prophet ﷺ during the Adhan — are all fabricated (mawdu‘) and baseless.

✿ Scholarly Evaluations:​

• Shaykh Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti in Taysir al-Maqal stated:
  "All Hadiths narrated regarding kissing the fingers and placing them on the eyes upon hearing the name of the Prophet ﷺ during the testimony in the Adhan are fabricated."
• Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari, in his treatise on fabricated Hadiths (Risalah Mawdu‘at), also declared these Hadiths baseless.
• Shah ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Muhaddith Dehlawi and Hasan ‘Ali Muhaddith Lakhnawi similarly categorized the Hadiths of Taqbil al-‘Aynayn as unreliable, and regarded practicing it as bid‘ah if done believing it to be Sunnah.
• Imam al-Shawkani affirmed in Majma‘ al-Bihar that the Hadiths transmitted on this topic are unreliable, and their narrators are unknown (majhul).
  

✔ Summary:​

◈ All Hadiths concerning Taqbil al-‘Aynayn are fabricated and baseless.
◈ The four Imams and major Hadith scholars did not accept them, nor considered them actionable.
◈ Performing this act as a Sunnah is an innovation (bid‘ah), as it lacks any authentic foundation.

Reference:

• Mawlana ‘Ubaydullah Rahmani, Al-Muhaddith, Delhi, Volume 1, Issue 3