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AL-KAFI #675 : PANDANGAN BERKAITAN KITAB TANBIH AL-GHAFILIN
What is the view on the book Tanbih al-Ghafilin by Imam Abu Laith al-Samarqandi, and is it suitable to read to the public?
Short answer
Tanbih al-Ghafilin is regarded as a good and beneficial book for admonishing people who are heedless, although scholars such as al-Dhahabi and al-Ghumari noted that it contains weak and fabricated hadiths.
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
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Tanbih al-Ghafilin is regarded as a good and beneficial book for admonishing people who are heedless, although scholars such as al-Dhahabi and al-Ghumari noted that it contains weak and fabricated hadiths. Readers or teachers who present it should master hadith science and be able to assess and filter its narrations, and an edition verified and hadith-graded by qualified experts is recommended. Those unable to distinguish authentic from weak hadiths are advised to read works with more reliably authentic narrations, such as Riyadh al-Salihin, al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib and the al-Raqaiq section of Sahih al-Bukhari.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Kami berpendapat, kitab Tanbih al-Ghafilin adalah sebuah kitab yang baik dan bermanfaat dari sudutnya yang tersendiri iaitu sebagai mau'izhah dan peringatan kepada umat manusia yang sering lalai dan alpa dari agama.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #675 : PANDANGAN BERKAITAN KITAB TANBIH AL-GHAFILIN”, 10 January 2018. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/2197-al-kafi-675-pandangan-berkaitan-kitab-tanbih-al-ghafilin. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/view-on-book-tanbih-al-ghafilin/