Excerpted from: Aḥkām wa Masā’il – In the Light of Qur’an and Sunnah by Shaykh Mubashar Ahmad Rabbānī
There is a narration attributed to ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما which states that looking at one's parents with mercy earns the reward of an accepted Ḥajj. Is this ḥadīth authentic? Does the virtue mentioned in it hold any credibility?
The narration attributed to ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما is as follows:
“When a righteous child looks at their parents with a merciful gaze, Allah writes for them the reward of a Mabrūr (accepted) Ḥajj for each gaze.”
The Companions asked: “What if one looks a hundred times in a day?”
The Prophet ﷺ replied:
“Yes! Allah is the Greatest and Most Pure.”
Shuʿab al-Īmān, Bāb Fī Birr al-Wālidayn – Ḥadīth 7859
Hidāyat al-Ruwāt – Ḥadīth 4872
This narration is fabricated (mawḍūʿ) and false.
It contains the narrator Nahtal bin Saʿīd, who is a rejected (matrūk) transmitter. Imām Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh labelled him as a liar (kadhdhāb).
al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl: 4/25
Moreover, Imām al-Albānī رحمه الله also classified this narration as fabricated in his work:
Silsilat al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah, Ḥadīth 2673
✔ This narration is not authentic and is not a ḥadīth of the Prophet ﷺ.
✔ The claim that looking mercifully at one's parents brings the reward of an accepted Ḥajj has no sound basis in the Sunnah.
✔ Such fabricated narrations must be avoided and not attributed to the Prophet ﷺ.
❖ Question:
There is a narration attributed to ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما which states that looking at one's parents with mercy earns the reward of an accepted Ḥajj. Is this ḥadīth authentic? Does the virtue mentioned in it hold any credibility?
❖ Answer:
The narration attributed to ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما is as follows:
“When a righteous child looks at their parents with a merciful gaze, Allah writes for them the reward of a Mabrūr (accepted) Ḥajj for each gaze.”
The Companions asked: “What if one looks a hundred times in a day?”
The Prophet ﷺ replied:
“Yes! Allah is the Greatest and Most Pure.”
Shuʿab al-Īmān, Bāb Fī Birr al-Wālidayn – Ḥadīth 7859 Hidāyat al-Ruwāt – Ḥadīth 4872✦ Verdict on Authenticity:
This narration is fabricated (mawḍūʿ) and false.
It contains the narrator Nahtal bin Saʿīd, who is a rejected (matrūk) transmitter. Imām Isḥāq ibn Rāhawayh labelled him as a liar (kadhdhāb).
al-Jarḥ wa al-Taʿdīl: 4/25Moreover, Imām al-Albānī رحمه الله also classified this narration as fabricated in his work:
Silsilat al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah, Ḥadīth 2673
Conclusion:
✔ This narration is not authentic and is not a ḥadīth of the Prophet ﷺ.
✔ The claim that looking mercifully at one's parents brings the reward of an accepted Ḥajj has no sound basis in the Sunnah.
✔ Such fabricated narrations must be avoided and not attributed to the Prophet ﷺ.
