❖ Investigation of the Report Claiming ʿUmar رضي الله عنه Will Shake Hands with Allah on the Day of Judgement ❖
Source: Fatāwā ʿIlmiyyah, Vol. 1, Kitāb al-ʿAqāʾid, p.129
Question:
Is the narration mentioned in Tārīkh al-Khulafāʾ by Imām Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī رحمه الله—stating that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه will shake hands with Allah on the Day of Judgement, greet Him with salām, and that Allah will take his hand and enter him into Paradise—authentic and reliable?
Imām Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī رحمه الله narrates:
"وأخرج ابن ماجة والحاكم عن أبي بن كعب قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
‘أول من يصافحه الحق عمر، وأول من يسلم عليه، وأول من يأخذ بيده فيدخل الجنة.’”
(Tārīkh al-Khulafāʾ, p. 117)
Translation:
Ibn Mājah (ḥadīth 104) and al-Ḥākim (3/84, ḥadīth 4489) reported from Ubayy ibn Kaʿb رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"The first person whom the Truth (Allah) will shake hands with is ʿUmar. The first to be greeted with salām, and the first whose hand will be held and taken into Paradise."
This narration is graded as severely weak (سخت ضعیف).
(Anwār al-Ṣaḥīfah, p. 265)
It contains the narrator Dādū ibn ʿAṭāʾ, about whom the major scholars of ḥadīth have said:
◈ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar رحمه الله: “Weak (ضعیف)”
(Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, no. 1801)
◈ Imām al-Bukhārī رحمه الله: “Munkar al-ḥadīth” (narrates objectionable ḥadīth)
(Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ, p. 110; Tuḥfat al-Aqwiyāʾ, p. 39)
◈ Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Būṣīrī (d. 840 AH):
“The scholars unanimously agree on his weakness.”
◈ Ibn Kathīr رحمه الله:
"This ḥadīth is extremely munkar (objectionable), and in my opinion, not far from being fabricated."
(Jāmiʿ al-Masānīd 1/72, ḥadīth 41; Sharḥ Sunan Ibn Mājah of al-Sindhī 1/52)
The chain contains Faḍl ibn Jubayr al-Warrāq, who is not authenticated by the scholars.
◈ Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿUqaylī listed him in Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ (3/444, entry 1492) as unreliable.
◈ Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī رحمه الله has also issued a strong critique against this narration.
This narration is also found in:
◈ al-Kāmil by Ibn ʿAdī (7/2528)
◈ Tārīkh Dimashq by Ibn ʿAsākir (47/140)
◈ al-ʿIlal al-Mutanāhiyah by Ibn al-Jawzī (1/192, ḥadīth 309)
All of them indicate the weak or fabricated status of the narration.
Another narration often cited in support includes:
This further confirms the unreliability of the original report.
◈ Shaykh al-Albānī رحمه الله classified this ḥadīth as:
"Munkar jiddan" (extremely objectionable)
(al-Silsilah al-Ḍaʿīfah, 5/506, ḥadīth 2485)
✔ The narration “Awwalu man yuṣāfiḥuhu al-Ḥaqq...” is not authentic in any of its chains.
✔ All the chains are weak or rejected due to unreliable narrators.
✔ Several ḥadīth masters, including Ibn Kathīr, al-Dhahabī, and al-Albānī, have explicitly rejected it.
✔ Some scholars even considered it possibly fabricated (موضوع).
✔ This narration cannot be used as religious evidence.
تنبیہ (Note):
No reliable reference from al-Bazzār could be located regarding this narration. Allah knows best.
ھٰذَا مَا عِندِي وَاللّٰهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَابِ
This is what I hold to be correct, and Allah knows best.
Source: Fatāwā ʿIlmiyyah, Vol. 1, Kitāb al-ʿAqāʾid, p.129Question:Is the narration mentioned in Tārīkh al-Khulafāʾ by Imām Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī رحمه الله—stating that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه will shake hands with Allah on the Day of Judgement, greet Him with salām, and that Allah will take his hand and enter him into Paradise—authentic and reliable?
❀ Referenced Narration in Tārīkh al-Khulafāʾ
Imām Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī رحمه الله narrates:
"وأخرج ابن ماجة والحاكم عن أبي بن كعب قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
‘أول من يصافحه الحق عمر، وأول من يسلم عليه، وأول من يأخذ بيده فيدخل الجنة.’”
(Tārīkh al-Khulafāʾ, p. 117)
Translation:
Ibn Mājah (ḥadīth 104) and al-Ḥākim (3/84, ḥadīth 4489) reported from Ubayy ibn Kaʿb رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"The first person whom the Truth (Allah) will shake hands with is ʿUmar. The first to be greeted with salām, and the first whose hand will be held and taken into Paradise."
❀ Analysis and Authentication of the Ḥadīth
This narration is graded as severely weak (سخت ضعیف).(Anwār al-Ṣaḥīfah, p. 265)
⚠ Weakness in Ibn Mājah’s Chain:
It contains the narrator Dādū ibn ʿAṭāʾ, about whom the major scholars of ḥadīth have said:
◈ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar رحمه الله: “Weak (ضعیف)”
(Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb, no. 1801)
◈ Imām al-Bukhārī رحمه الله: “Munkar al-ḥadīth” (narrates objectionable ḥadīth)
(Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ, p. 110; Tuḥfat al-Aqwiyāʾ, p. 39)
◈ Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Būṣīrī (d. 840 AH):
“The scholars unanimously agree on his weakness.”
◈ Ibn Kathīr رحمه الله:
"This ḥadīth is extremely munkar (objectionable), and in my opinion, not far from being fabricated."
(Jāmiʿ al-Masānīd 1/72, ḥadīth 41; Sharḥ Sunan Ibn Mājah of al-Sindhī 1/52)
⚠ Weakness in al-Ḥākim’s Chain:
The chain contains Faḍl ibn Jubayr al-Warrāq, who is not authenticated by the scholars.
◈ Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿUqaylī listed him in Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ (3/444, entry 1492) as unreliable.
◈ Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī رحمه الله has also issued a strong critique against this narration.
❀ Mention in Other Major Works
This narration is also found in:
◈ al-Kāmil by Ibn ʿAdī (7/2528)
◈ Tārīkh Dimashq by Ibn ʿAsākir (47/140)
◈ al-ʿIlal al-Mutanāhiyah by Ibn al-Jawzī (1/192, ḥadīth 309)
All of them indicate the weak or fabricated status of the narration.
❀ Fabricated (Mawḍūʿ) Supporting Narration
Another narration often cited in support includes:
- Wahb ibn Wahb Abū al-Bakhtarī (a known kadhdhāb, i.e., liar)
- Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥumayd al-Anṣārī (weak)
This further confirms the unreliability of the original report.❀ Judgment by Shaykh al-Albānī رحمه الله
◈ Shaykh al-Albānī رحمه الله classified this ḥadīth as:
"Munkar jiddan" (extremely objectionable)
(al-Silsilah al-Ḍaʿīfah, 5/506, ḥadīth 2485)
Conclusion:
✔ The narration “Awwalu man yuṣāfiḥuhu al-Ḥaqq...” is not authentic in any of its chains.
✔ All the chains are weak or rejected due to unreliable narrators.
✔ Several ḥadīth masters, including Ibn Kathīr, al-Dhahabī, and al-Albānī, have explicitly rejected it.
✔ Some scholars even considered it possibly fabricated (موضوع).
✔ This narration cannot be used as religious evidence.
تنبیہ (Note):
No reliable reference from al-Bazzār could be located regarding this narration. Allah knows best.
ھٰذَا مَا عِندِي وَاللّٰهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَابِ
This is what I hold to be correct, and Allah knows best.
