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Adakah Hadis Tentang Kelebihan Tiga Ayat Awal Surah Al-An‘Am?
Is there an authentic hadith about the virtue of reciting the first three verses of Surah al-An'am, including 40,000 angels seeking forgiveness for the reciter?
Short answer
The hadith is neither sahih nor hasan and is not narrated in the main hadith source books.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Perlis State Mufti Department
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Panduan Hukum
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The hadith is neither sahih nor hasan and is not narrated in the main hadith source books. Its chain contains a matruk narrator, one whose hadith the scholars abandoned, namely Ibrahim bin Ishaq, whom al-Daraqutni judged matruk. The hadith therefore falls among the severely weak narrations and cannot be relied upon.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Hadis yang ditanya bukan hadis yang sahih atau hasan. Ia juga tidak ada diriwayatkan dalam kitab-kitab utama sumber hadis.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Perlis State Mufti Department. “Adakah Hadis Tentang Kelebihan Tiga Ayat Awal Surah Al-An‘Am?”, 4 August 2025. https://muftiperlis.gov.my/index.php/panduan-hukum/1178-adakah-hadis-tentang-kelebihan-tiga-ayat-awal-surah-al-an-am. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/hadith-virtue-first-three-verses-surah-al-anam/