Islam Question and Answer - Hadeeth: “ O ‘Ali, do not sleep until you do five things ...”

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Hadeeth & its Sciences » Science of Hadeeth

Hadeeth: “ O ‘Ali, do not sleep until you do five things ...”

I read this hadeeth, and I want to know is it saheeh or not?
The Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said: “ O ‘Ali, do not go to sleep until you have done five things which are: Reading the entire Qur'aan, giving 4000 dirhams in charity, visiting the Ka’bah, protecting your place in Paradise, and pleasing your opponent..” ‘Ali said: How can I do that, O Messenger of Allaah? The Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said: “ Do you not know that if you recite Soorat al-Ikhlaas (Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad) three times, then you will have recited the entire Qur'aan; and if you recite al-Faatihah four times, then you will have given 4000 dirhams in charity; and if you say Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wahdahu laa shareeka lah, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd yuhyi wa yumeet wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer (there is no God but Allaah alone, with no partner or associate, His is the Dominion and to Him be praise, He gives life and gives death, and He has power over all things) 10 times, then you will have visited the Ka’bah; and if you say: Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah il-‘Aliy il-‘Azeem (there is no power and strength except with Allaah, the Most High, the Most Great) 10 times, then you will have protected your place in Paradise; and if you say Astaghfir-Allaah al-‘Azeem alladhi laa ilaaha illa huwa al-Hayy al-Qayyoom wa atoobu ilayh (I seek forgiveness from Allaah the Almighty, beside Whom there is no god, the Ever Living, the Self Sustaining) ten times, then you will have pleased your opponent?”.

Praise be to Allaah.

This hadeeth is not narrated in any of the reliable books of hadeeth; rather it is a fabricated hadeeth which is falsely attributed to the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him). The scholars (may Allaah have mercy on them) stated that the advice that is attributed to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) and that he allegedly gave to Ali, and everything that is supposedly addressed by the Messenger to Ali is all fabricated, apart from his words: “O Ali, you are to me like Haroon was to Moosa, but there is no prophet after me.” Among those who have stated that are: Shaykh Mulla ‘Ali al-Qaari in al-Asraar al-Marfoo’ah fi’l-Akhbaar al-Mawdoo’ah, which is also known as al-Mawdoo’aat al-Kubra; Shaykh Ismaa’eel al-‘Ajlooni in his book Kashf al-Khafa’ wa Muzeel al-Ilbaas. Hence I warn my Muslim brothers against being deceived by this hadeeth and similar fabricated reports, or working to print them or publish them among the Muslims, because that is misguiding the masses and deceiving them, and telling lies about the Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him), concerning which a stern warning is issued to the one who does that deliberately, as he (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said in this saheeh hadeeth: “Telling a lie about me is not like telling a lie about anyone else. Whoever tells a lie about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.” And he said: “Whoever narrates from me a saying knowing that it is false, then he is one of the liars.”

In the saheeh reports from the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) that are compiled in the reliable books of hadeeth, the Saheehs, Sunans and Musnads, there is sufficient material for the one whom Allaah guides to goodness, and there is no need to resort to the reports of liars and fabricators. I ask Allaah to enable us all to acquire beneficial knowledge and do righteous deeds, and to keep us all away from the path of misguidance and deviation, for He is All Hearing, Ever Near.

Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn Baaz (26/328-330).