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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-181: TOLAK MENOLAK DALAM MENJADI IMAM
What is the status of the hadith stating that one sign of the Hour is people refusing one another to serve as imam?
Short answer
This wording was not found in reliable hadith collections such as the six canonical books, but it appears in works compiling fabricated hadith.
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
This wording was not found in reliable hadith collections such as the six canonical books, but it appears in works compiling fabricated hadith. Mulla Ali al-Qari and al-Qauqaji stated it is not a hadith, so it must not be attributed to the Prophet as that would be lying in his name. Similar narrations in Sunan Abi Daud and Sunan Ibn Majah exist, but Shaykh Shu'aib al-Arnaout graded their chains as weak.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
kami mengatakan bahawa hadith di atas bukanlah hadith dan kita tidak boleh menyandarkkannya kepada Nabi SAW.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-181: TOLAK MENOLAK DALAM MENJADI IMAM”, 10 April 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/892-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-181-tolak-menolak-dalam-menjadi-imam. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/status-hadith-refusing-to-be-imam/