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إن خليلي حدثني أني أضرب لسبع يمضين من رمضان، وهي الليلة التي مات فيها موسى، وأموت لاثنين وعشرين يمضين من رمضان، وهى الليلة التي رفع فيها عيسى.
(‘Ali said,) Verily my khalil (close friend—i.e. the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam informed me that I will be struck on the 7th of Ramadan; it was the night in which Musa passed away; and I will die on the 22nd of Ramadan, the night in which ‘Isa was raised (to the Heavens).
This hadith is narrated by al ‘Uqayli — from Sa’d al Iskaf — from al Asbagh ibn Nabatah who said, “‘Ali said…”[1]
Sa’d al Iskaf and al Asbagh ibn Nabatah are both matruk and have been suspected of forging hadith.
Al Dhahabi, al Suyuti, Ibn ‘Iraq, and al Shawkani all followed Ibn al Jawzi in ruling this hadith a fabrication.[2]
[1] Al ‘Uqayli: al Du’afaʾ al Kabir, 1/130.
[2] Al Dhahabi: Talkhis al Mawdu’at, hadith no. 132 and Talkhis al ‘Ilal, hadith no. 85; al Suyuti: al Laʾali al Masnu’ah, 1/342; Ibn ‘Iraq: Tanzih al Shari’ah, 1/364; al Shawkani: al Fawaʾid al Majmu’ah, hadith no. 329.
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إن خليلي حدثني أني أضرب لسبع يمضين من رمضان، وهي الليلة التي مات فيها موسى، وأموت لاثنين وعشرين يمضين من رمضان، وهى الليلة التي رفع فيها عيسى.
(‘Ali said,) Verily my khalil (close friend—i.e. the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam informed me that I will be struck on the 7th of Ramadan; it was the night in which Musa passed away; and I will die on the 22nd of Ramadan, the night in which ‘Isa was raised (to the Heavens).
This hadith is narrated by al ‘Uqayli — from Sa’d al Iskaf — from al Asbagh ibn Nabatah who said, “‘Ali said…”[1]
Sa’d al Iskaf and al Asbagh ibn Nabatah are both matruk and have been suspected of forging hadith.
Al Dhahabi, al Suyuti, Ibn ‘Iraq, and al Shawkani all followed Ibn al Jawzi in ruling this hadith a fabrication.[2]
[1] Al ‘Uqayli: al Du’afaʾ al Kabir, 1/130.
[2] Al Dhahabi: Talkhis al Mawdu’at, hadith no. 132 and Talkhis al ‘Ilal, hadith no. 85; al Suyuti: al Laʾali al Masnu’ah, 1/342; Ibn ‘Iraq: Tanzih al Shari’ah, 1/364; al Shawkani: al Fawaʾid al Majmu’ah, hadith no. 329.