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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-399 : ADAKAH MAYAT AKAN MENJADI BERAT JIKA SEMASA HIDUP SUKA BERBARING SEMASA MENDENGAR AZAN
Is it true that a person's corpse will become heavy if they used to lie down while listening to the call to prayer?
Short answer
The narrations claiming that the corpse of someone who lies down during the adhan becomes heavy are judged to be fabricated.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The narrations claiming that the corpse of someone who lies down during the adhan becomes heavy are judged to be fabricated. The narration instructing people to stand when hearing the adhan is also inclined to be fabricated, because its chain includes Al-Walid Bin Salamah, who was labelled a liar by many scholars. Lying down while hearing the adhan is not wrong, but one should not neglect replying to the adhan and preparing for congregational prayer.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Bahkan hadis-hadis yang mengatakan bahawa sesiapa yang berbaring ketika azan atau ketika mendengar azan maka mayatnya akan menjadi berat adalah hadis-hadis yang palsu.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-399 : ADAKAH MAYAT AKAN MENJADI BERAT JIKA SEMASA HIDUP SUKA BERBARING SEMASA MENDENGAR AZAN”, 1 August 2019. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/3610-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-399-adakah-mayat-akan-menjadi-berat-jika-semasa-hidup-suka-berbaring-semasa-mendengar-azan. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/heavy-corpse-lying-down-during-adhan/