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IRSYAD FATWA EDISI KHAS RAMADHAN SIRI KE 217: HADIS RAMADAN BULAN TERHAPUS DOSA
Does a hadith exist describing Ramadan as the month of Allah and the month that erases sins, and what is its status?
Short answer
The hadith describing Shaaban as the Prophet's month and Ramadan as the month of Allah and the eraser of sins does exist, in al-Dailami's Musnad al-Firdaus and Ibn Asakir's Tarikh Dimasyq.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum Edisi Ramadhan
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The hadith describing Shaaban as the Prophet's month and Ramadan as the month of Allah and the eraser of sins does exist, in al-Dailami's Musnad al-Firdaus and Ibn Asakir's Tarikh Dimasyq. This wording is found only in these two sources, with no other supporting chain. The hadith is very weak because of the narrator al-Hasan bin Yahya al-Khushani, whose memory was very poor and whose narrations were abandoned by hadith scholars (matruk).
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Namun begitu, hadis ini terlalu lemah kerana terdapat perawi yang bernama al-Ḥasan bin Yahyā al-Khushanī.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD FATWA EDISI KHAS RAMADHAN SIRI KE 217: HADIS RAMADAN BULAN TERHAPUS DOSA”, 30 March 2023. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/edisi-ramadhan/5577-irsyad-fatwa-edisi-khas-ramadhan-siri-ke-217-hadis-ramadan-bulan-terhapus-dosa. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ramadan-month-erasing-sins-hadith-status/