❖ Authenticity Ruling on the Narration Regarding Repeating Wudūʾ and Ṣalāh After Backbiting ❖
Source: Fatāwā ʿIlmiyyah, Volume 1, Kitāb al-Ṣalāh, Page 389
Does backbiting nullify one's wudūʾ and ṣalāh, requiring them to be repeated?
A narration from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنه states:
“Two men offered Ẓuhr or ʿAṣr prayer while fasting. After the prayer, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
‘Repeat your wudūʾ and prayer, but keep your fasts. Make up the fast on another day.’
They asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why?’
He ﷺ replied: ‘Because you backbitten so-and-so.’”
(Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, Kitāb al-Ādāb, Bāb Ḥifẓ al-Lisān, p. 73, Ḥadīth 4873)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله، أما بعد!
This narration appears in Shuʿab al-Īmān of Imām al-Bayhaqī:
"Mathnā ibn Bakr → ʿAbbād ibn Manṣūr → ʿIkrimah → Ibn ʿAbbās”
(Shuʿab al-Īmān, Vol. 5, Page 303, Ḥadīth 6749)
The majority of ḥadīth scholars regard him as:
Reference: Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb, others
The ḥadīth scholars classify him as:
Reference: Lisān al-Mīzān, Vol. 5, Page 14, Entry 6889
Due to the presence of a weak and a majhūl narrator in its chain,
this narration is ḍaʿīf (weak) and mardūd (unacceptable as evidence).
It cannot be used to establish any Sharʿi ruling,
especially in critical matters such as the validity of wudūʾ and prayer.
▶ Sharʿan, backbiting is a major sin,
but it does not invalidate wudūʾ or ṣalāh,
nor does it require them to be repeated.
ھذا ما عندی، واللہ أعلم بالصواب
Source: Fatāwā ʿIlmiyyah, Volume 1, Kitāb al-Ṣalāh, Page 389
✦ Question:
Does backbiting nullify one's wudūʾ and ṣalāh, requiring them to be repeated?
A narration from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنه states:
“Two men offered Ẓuhr or ʿAṣr prayer while fasting. After the prayer, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
‘Repeat your wudūʾ and prayer, but keep your fasts. Make up the fast on another day.’
They asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why?’
He ﷺ replied: ‘Because you backbitten so-and-so.’”
(Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, Kitāb al-Ādāb, Bāb Ḥifẓ al-Lisān, p. 73, Ḥadīth 4873)
✔ Answer:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله، أما بعد!
◈ Verification of the Narration
This narration appears in Shuʿab al-Īmān of Imām al-Bayhaqī:
"Mathnā ibn Bakr → ʿAbbād ibn Manṣūr → ʿIkrimah → Ibn ʿAbbās”
(Shuʿab al-Īmān, Vol. 5, Page 303, Ḥadīth 6749)
◈ Status of the Narrators
❖ ʿAbbād ibn Manṣūr:
The majority of ḥadīth scholars regard him as:
- Weak (ḍaʿīf)
- A mudallis (one who conceals narrators)
- Mukhṭaliṭ (suffered memory issues in old age)
Reference: Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb, others
❖ Mathnā ibn Bakr:
The ḥadīth scholars classify him as:
- Majhūl (unknown personality)
Reference: Lisān al-Mīzān, Vol. 5, Page 14, Entry 6889
❖ Conclusion
Due to the presence of a weak and a majhūl narrator in its chain,
this narration is ḍaʿīf (weak) and mardūd (unacceptable as evidence).
It cannot be used to establish any Sharʿi ruling,
especially in critical matters such as the validity of wudūʾ and prayer.
▶ Sharʿan, backbiting is a major sin,
but it does not invalidate wudūʾ or ṣalāh,
nor does it require them to be repeated.
ھذا ما عندی، واللہ أعلم بالصواب
