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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-282: HADITH BERKAITAN HARI RABU
Is Wednesday an unlucky day according to hadith, and what is the status of the narrations that say so?
Short answer
Narrations describing Wednesday as a day of misfortune are judged unsound, as hadith scholars criticised them, including a narrator accused of lying and an assessment of one report as 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
Narrations describing Wednesday as a day of misfortune are judged unsound, as hadith scholars criticised them, including a narrator accused of lying and an assessment of one report as fabricated. A sound hadith in Sahih Muslim states that Allah created light on Wednesday. Declaring Wednesday an unlucky day is incorrect and conflicts with belief in divine decree, and Islam forbids belief in omens of bad luck.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Kesimpulannya, menentukan hari Rabu adalah hari malang merupakan satu perbuatan yang tidak tepat dan ia bercanggah dengan salah satu rukun Imam iaitu beriman kepada qada' dan qadar.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-282: HADITH BERKAITAN HARI RABU”, 15 August 2018. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/2565-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-282-hadith-berkaitan-hari-rabu. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/is-wednesday-an-unlucky-day-in-hadith/