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Is this a Fabricated Hadith Email ?
Anonymous
04/25/01 at 21:11:37
Assalamu'alaykum brothers and sisters, I received the following e-mail, which seems to be circulating quite a lot on the net.  It really sounds strange, although it contains some pieces of information that are true.  Does anyone of you knows for sure if this is a fabricated story?  May Allah reward you for your help. ---------------------------------------- >>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 Judgment. >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 >sawab) >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. > >THOSE WHO DO NOT SAY THEIR PRAYERS OF: >FAJAR: The glow of their face is taken away. >ZOHAR: The blessing of their income is taken away. >ASAR: The strength of their body is taken away. >MAGHRIB: They are not benefited by their children. >ISHA: The peace of their sleep is taken away.

Re: Is this a Fabricated Hadith Email ?
se7en
04/26/01 at 12:56:51
wa alaykum as salaam wa rahmatAllah, I think we had a discussion on this before, but I can't seem to find the thread in the al-taqwa masjid. from what I can remember bhaloo said that he couldn't find any sources for the majority of the statements made in the forward.   correct me if I'm wrong bhaloo..

Re: Is this a Fabricated Hadith Email ?
eleanor
04/26/01 at 13:26:06
slm Well okay, so I'm a "new" Muslim, but I really don't think that this can be true. I've read loads of ahadith on how prayers are important and necessary. How Allah loves those who pray on time etc. but I have never once read anything on a punishment for not praying. And Allah would never have said anything like "even if he drinks all the water from the seas he will still be thirsty" because Allah knows that the sea water is salty and doesn't cure thirst. Only things that can be scientifically true are given in cases like this. If I'm wrong then feel free to correct me. the humble knowledge seeker eleanor

Re: Is this a Fabricated Hadith Email ?
assing
04/26/01 at 14:48:29
Mash'allah!!!!! I must say i truly admire the alertness of the members {some sisters especially} of this board when it recognizing something which is not authentic (as in the case of this hadeeth). As for the this hadeeth itself, it can be found in the book "The Spectacle Of Death" {the best description i can give for this book is it is one authored by someone who the scholars of hadeeth describe as a "haatib Al layl" - a person who gathers wood at night time i.e. the main goal is just to put together stuff without giving concern to differentiation between what is good or bad} in which it gives as a reference for this hadeeth in the Sunan At Tirmidhee. However, i checked At Tirmidhee.....it was not there, i even went to Al Albani's daef At Tirmidhee {The weak ahadeeth of At Tirmidhee}, still no luck, until finally i came across a fatwa from Shaikh Bin Baz where a someone asked about this hadeeth and hadeeth said it is "mawdoo" fabricated as pointed out by Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani in his book "lisaan Al Mizaan".
NS

Re: Is this a Fabricated Hadith Email ?
Zahra
04/26/01 at 15:03:20
Don't know about those particular hadith but consider this article... ************************************* Praying on Time is Just as Important Here is some evidence, that we not only have to pray 5 times a day, but that we have to do it on time. The following is from Al Kabaair -The Major Sins by Sh. Adh-dhahabi The Fourth Major Sin - Not Praying Allah most High says: Then there succeeded them a generation which neglected prayers and followed lusts. They will meet with destruction (Ghayy), excepting the one who repents and believes and acts righteously. (Quran 19:59-60) Ibn abbas (RAA) explained that it does not mean that they completely abandoned prayers, but that they delayed them to the end of their prescribed times. Sa'id bin Musayyab, a great Imam following the generation of the Companions, elaborated on this, saying: "A person neglects if he delays the noon prayer up to the afternoon prayer time, afternoon prayer up to almost sunset prayer time, sunset prayer up to evening prayer time, and evening prayer up to morning prayer time, while delaying morning prayer until just before sunrise.  If anyone dies without repentance while continuing in this manner, Allah has promised Ghayy for him, and that is a valley in Hell which is very deep and has foul food." Allah Most High says: Woe to the worshippers who are unmindful of their prayer. (Quran 107:4-5) Saad bin Abi Waqqas said: "I asked Allah's Messenger (SAW) about the meaning of 'unmindful,' and he replied: 'It is delaying it (the prayer) up to the end of its prescribed time.'" (Bazar) While Allah calls such people <, they are lazy and perform the prayer very late. He has promised them <> (Wayl), which signifies a great punishment. Some say, "Wayl is a valley in Hell, exceedingly hot, and that is the place for those who delay or miss the prayer, excepting the ones who repent and correct their habits." Allah Most High says: O you who believe, let neither your wealth nor your children distract you from the remembrance of Allah. And those who do so, they will be the losers (Quran 63:9) The commentators say: "The 'remembrance of Allah' in this verse means the five daily prayers. If anyone is so busy in buying and selling, or with his daily work of earning a livelihood, or with his children, that he cannot perform prayers on time, he will be among the losers." The Prophet (SAW) said in this regard: "The first thing which will be judged among a person's deeds on the Day of Resurrection is the prayer. If that is in good order, he will pass the test and prosper, and if that is defective, he will fail the test and be a loser." (Tirmidhi) Informing us about the inhabitants of Hell, Allah Most High says: (The people in Hell will be asked): "What caused you to enter Hell-fire?" They will say: "We were not among those who prayed, nor did we feed the needy. We used to engage in vain discourse with the vain-talkers, and we used to deny the Day of Judgment, until there came to us that which is certain (i.e.. Allah's judgment)." Then no intercession by an intercessors will benefit them. (Quran 74:42-48) The Prophet (SAW) said: "The covenant between us and them (that is, believers) is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become an infidel." (Ahmad, Ibn Majah, Abu Dawood, Nisai, Tirmidhi). He also said: "What lies between a man and infidelity is the abandonment of prayer." (Muslim) Allah's Messenger (SAW) is reported to have said: "If anyone abandons the afternoon prayer, his deeds are of no avail." (Bukhari). And he said: "If anyone abandons prayer deliberately he has no claim upon Allah" (Sunan). Abdullah bin amr bin al-As (RAA) said that the Prophet (SAW) mentioned prayer one day saying, "If anyone keeps to it, it will be light, evidence, and salvation for him on the day of Resurrection; but if anyone does not keep to it, it will not be for him light, evidence, or salvation; and on the Day of Resurrection, he will be associated with Qaran, Pharoah, Haman, and Ubayy bin Khalaf (a great enemy of Islam from among the Quraish)." (Ahmad, Darimi and Baihaqi) Some scholars have explained that the person who abandons prayer will be raised with such a foursome because his neglect of prayer may be due to his involvement with his property, his country, his  administrative work, or his trade, Therefore, if he was involved with his property, he will be resurrected with Qarun; if with his country, then with Pharoah; if with his administrative work, then with Haman; and if with his trade, then with Ubayy bin Khalaf, the trader among the unbelievers of Mecca. Mu'adh bin Jabal (RAA) reported Allah's Messenger (SAW) as saying: "If anyone abandons prayer intentionally he has no claim to Allah Most High." (Ahmad) Umar ibn al-Khattab (RAA) reported that a man asked the Prophet (SAW):  "Messenger of Allah, what action is dearest to Allah Most High?" The Prophet (SAW) replied: "Prayer at its proper time. The one who does not pray has no religion. Prayer is the main pillar of the religion (of Islam)." (Baihaqi) After Umar had been stabbed, it was said to him, "As-salat, ya amir ul-mumineen!" (The prayer, Leader of the Believers!) He said, "Yes, truly!  If anyone misses the prayer, he has no share in Islam," and thereupon he prayed while his wounds were bleeding. Abdullah bin Shaqiq (RAA) said that the Companions of the Prophet (SAW) did not consider the abandonment of any good deeds to be unbelief excepting the abandonment of prayer. When Ali (RAA) was asked about a woman who did not pray, he replied:  "The one who does not pray is an unbeliever." Ibn Masood said that the one who does not pray has no religion, and Ibn Abbas said: "The one who leaves off a single prayer deliberately will find, when he meets Allah Most High, that He is angry with him." Allah's Messenger (SAW) said: "When a person meets Allah after neglecting his prayer, he will meet him as if he had not worshipped him at all, nor done any good deeds." And Ibn Hazm said: "There is no greater sin after polytheism than missing a prayer [That is to say, if one deliberately delays a prayer until its time has passed, although he was able to pray it on time, without any valid reason which permits delaying it before its time.] and killing a believer without just cause." Ibrahim Nakahi said: "The one who has left off the prayer has become a disbeliever." Awn bin Abdullah said: "When a person is buried, the first question which will be asked him will be concerning the prayer. If that is accepted from him, his other deeds will be looked at, but if that is not accepted form him, no other deeds will be looked at." Abdullah bin al-As reported Allah's Messenger (SAW) as saying: "A person who combines two prayers without excuse, enters a gate among the major sins." We seek Allah's guidance and help, for indeed. He is the Generous, the Magnanimous, and the Most Merciful of all merciful ones!

Re: Is this a Fabricated Hadith Email ?
Anonymous
04/26/01 at 23:11:39
Jazakumullahu khayran for your answers.  I knew the hadith wasn't authentic, but I didn't have any proof.  May Allah reward you, Assing, for providing that proof. Wassalam
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