❖ Source: Extracted from the book Aḥkām wa Masā’il: Kitāb wa Sunnat kī Roshnī Mein by Shaykh Mubashshir Ahmad Rabbānī
Abū Umāmah رضي الله عنه narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“There are five nights in which duʿāʾ is not rejected:
① The first night of Rajab,
② The night of mid-Shaʿbān,
③ The night of Jumuʿah (Friday night),
④ The night of ʿĪd al-Fiṭr, and
⑤ The night of ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā.”
(Reported in Mukāshafat al-Qulūb)
Is this ḥadīth authentic?
The above narration attributed to Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī رضي الله عنه is found in:
Ibn ʿAsākir narrates it with the chain:
Bandār ibn ʿAmr ibn Aḥmad Abū Saʿīd al-Rūyānī → Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Yaḥyā → Abū Qaʿnab → Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī
who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Five nights in which duʿāʾ is not rejected...”
There are three major flaws in its chain:
References:
Nothing is reliably known about him, which weakens the chain further.
Shaykh al-Albānī رحمه الله graded this ḥadīth as fabricated (موضوع).
Silsilat al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah wal-Mawḍūʿah (3/649), ḥadīth no. 1452
The narration about five special nights when duʿāʾ is not rejected is not authentic. It is based on a chain that contains multiple liars and unknown narrators, and has been declared fabricated by the scholars of ḥadīth.
❖ Question:
Abū Umāmah رضي الله عنه narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“There are five nights in which duʿāʾ is not rejected:
① The first night of Rajab,
② The night of mid-Shaʿbān,
③ The night of Jumuʿah (Friday night),
④ The night of ʿĪd al-Fiṭr, and
⑤ The night of ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā.”
(Reported in Mukāshafat al-Qulūb)
Is this ḥadīth authentic?
❖ Answer:
The above narration attributed to Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī رضي الله عنه is found in:
- Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq (10/408)
- Musnad al-Firdaws (2/199, ḥadīth no. 2975)
Ibn ʿAsākir narrates it with the chain:
Bandār ibn ʿAmr ibn Aḥmad Abū Saʿīd al-Rūyānī → Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Yaḥyā → Abū Qaʿnab → Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī
who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Five nights in which duʿāʾ is not rejected...”
❖ Ruling on Authenticity:
There are three major flaws in its chain:
① Bandār ibn ʿAmr al-Rūyānī is a liar (كذاب)
- Ibn ʿAsākir reports from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz:
"Do not narrate from him, for he is a liar."
[Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq: 10/408]
② Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Yaḥyā is also a known liar (كذاب)
- Declared a liar by:
- Imām Mālik
- Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd
- Ibn Maʿīn, and others
References:- Kitāb al-Ḍuʿafāʾ wal-Matrūkīn (1/51)
- Kitāb al-Majrūḥīn by Ibn Ḥibbān (1/105)
- Ibn Ḥajar رحمه الله says: “He is Matrūk (abandoned).”
[Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb: 1/98]
③ Abū Qaʿnab is Majhūl (unknown)
Nothing is reliably known about him, which weakens the chain further.
❖ Verdict of the Scholars:
Shaykh al-Albānī رحمه الله graded this ḥadīth as fabricated (موضوع).
Silsilat al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah wal-Mawḍūʿah (3/649), ḥadīth no. 1452
Conclusion:
The narration about five special nights when duʿāʾ is not rejected is not authentic. It is based on a chain that contains multiple liars and unknown narrators, and has been declared fabricated by the scholars of ḥadīth.
