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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-473: HADITH KELEBIHAN ORANG PARSI
What is the status of the hadith stating that if knowledge or faith were at the Pleiades star cluster, men of Persian descent would attain it?
Short answer
The hadith is considered sahih through the chains of al-Bukhari and Muslim, which do not pass through the narrator Shahr bin Hawshab, the reason the chain in Ahmad's Musnad is judged weak.
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- 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 hadith is considered sahih through the chains of al-Bukhari and Muslim, which do not pass through the narrator Shahr bin Hawshab, the reason the chain in Ahmad's Musnad is judged weak. It was said when the Prophet praised Salman al-Farisi, and it shows that this religion is also preserved by non-Arab peoples. Nobility, however, does not rest on ethnicity alone but on faith and piety.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Kesimpulannya, hadith di atas adalah sahih mengikut jalur mengikut jalur sepertimana yang dinilai oleh Imam al-Bukhari dan Imam Muslim dengan sanad yang dibawa oleh mereka.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-473: HADITH KELEBIHAN ORANG PARSI”, 25 February 2020. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/4233-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-473-hadith-kelebihan-orang-parsi. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/status-hadith-virtue-of-the-persians-pleiades/