Question #20897: How sound is the hadeeth, "Whoever
neglects prayer, Allaah will send fifteen punishments upon him"?
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Question:
My question is regarding these hadiths i was given in an email.
I just want to know if they are authentic before i pass them on.
Jazakallah.
HADITH OF PROPHET (P.B.U.H)
The one who disdains the prayers will receive fifteen punishments from
Allah. Six punishments in this lifetime Three while dying , Three in the grave
& Three on the Day of Judgement.
THE SIX PUNISHMENTS OF LIFE:
1. Allah takes away blessings from his age(makes his life misfortunate)
2.Allah does not accept his plea(Du'aa)
3.Allah erases the features of good people from his face.
4.He will be detested by all creatures on earth.
5.Allah does not award him for his good deeds.(No thawab)
6.He will not be included in the Du'aa of good people.
THE THREE PUNISHMENTS WHILE DYING:
1. He dies humiliated.
2. He dies hungry.
3. He dies thirsty. Even if he drinks the water of all seas he will
still be thirsty.
THE THREE PUNISHMENTS IN THE GRAVE:
1. Allah tightens his grave until his chest ribs come over each other.
2. Allah pours on him fire with embers.
3. Allah sets on him a snake called "the brave","the bold"
which hits Him from morning until afternoon for leaving Fajr
prayer,from the afternoon until Asr for leaving Dhuhr prayer and so on.With
each strike he sinks 70 yards under the ground.
THE THREE PUNISHMENTS ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT:
1. Allah sends who would accompany him to hell pulling him on the face.
2. Allah gives him an angry look that makes the flesh of his face fall
down.
3. Allah judges him strictly and orders him to be thrown in hell.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
The hadeeth, "Whoever neglects prayer, Allaah will send fifteen
punishments upon him, six in this world, three when he is dying, three in the
grave and three when he emerges form the grave." is a fabricated (mawdoo')
hadeeth which is falsely attributed to the Messenger of Allaah(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him).
Concerning this hadeeth Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said,
in the magazine al-Buhooth al-Islamiyyah (22/329): With regard to the hadeeth
which the author of this pamphlet attributes to the Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) concerning the punishment of the one who
does not pray, and which says that fifteen punishment will be sent upon him
etc., this is one of the fabricated ahaadeeth that are falsely attributed to
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), as was stated by the
scholars (may Allaah have mercy on him) such as al-Haafiz al-Dhahabi in Lisaan
al-Meezaan, and al-Haafiz ibn Hajar and others.
Similarly the Standing Committee issued a fatwa, no. 8689, declaring
this hadeeth to be false, as it says in Fataawa al-Lajnah, 4/468. Among the
things mentioned in this fatwa which it is worth quoting here is:
What has been narrated from Allaah and from His Messenger concerning
the punishment of the one who does not pray is sufficient. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Verily, As-Salaah (the prayer) is enjoined on the believers at fixed
hours"
[al-Nisa' 4:103]
And Allaah says of the people of Hell (interpretation of the meaning):
" 'What has caused you to enter Hell?'
They will say: 'We were not of those who used to offer the Salaah
(prayers)'"
[al-Muddaththir 74:42-43]
and He mentioned among their attributes the fact that they did not
pray.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The
covenant that stands between us and them is prayer; whoever gives up prayer is
a kaafir." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2621; al-Nasaa'i, 431; Ibn Maajah, 1079.
classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 2113. And there are
other verses and ahaadeeth which speak of giving up prayer, and the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) described it as kufr.
See also question no. 2182.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: This hadeeth
is mawdoo' (fabricated) and falsely attributed to the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It is not permissible to propagate
it unless it is accompanied by a statement that it is fabricated, so that the
people will have a clear understanding about it.
Fataawa al-Shaykh published by the Daw'ah center in 'Anayzah, 1/6
We ask Allaah to make you steadfast in your keenness to call your
brothers and advise them, but you have to make it clear to everyone who is keen
to do good for the people and to warn them against evil that it must be done in
accordance with that which is proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) and that there is sufficient material in the saheeh reports
that we have no need for the da'eef (weak) material.
We ask Allaah to grant you success and to guide those whom you call and
all the Muslims to follow the straight path.
And Allaah knows best.
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