Authenticity Of ‘Rajab is ALLAH’s Month’ – Hadith
Question
Is the following narration “Rajab is Allah’s month, Shaʿbān is my month, and Ramaḍān is my nation’s month” authentic as it is commonly circulated?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Answer
Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241/855) categorised this narration as munkar (unknown)[1] and subsequently ḥadīth experts have regarded this narration as fabricated.[2]
Allah knows best
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
3 Rajab 1437 / 11 April 2016
Footnotes
[1] Shuʿab al-Īmān (3532).
[2] Al-Mawḍūʿāt (p. 72); al-Laʾālī al-Maṣnūʿah (2: 47, 2: 96); Tanzīh al-Sharīʿah (2: 90, 2: 151); Tadhkirah al-Mawḍūʿāt (p. 116); al-Āthār al-Marfūʿah (p. 62); Mawāhib al-Jalīl (2: 409). Also see Fayḍ al-Qadīr (4: 18); al-Firdaws (2: 275); Tārīkh Dimashq (72: 155).
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- Yusuf Shabbir
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