"When a husband and wife look at each other, Allaah looks at both of them with mercy"

13-2-2012 | IslamWeb

Question:

Recently, many Islamic pages in facebook are posting a hadith which says : "When a husband and wife look at each other, Allah looks at both of them with mercy" ..and they give the reference "Bukhari 6:19 and Tirmidhi 14:79". Now, i found another page claiming that this hadith does not exist. Plz tell me whether the claim is true or not. JazakAllahu Khairan.
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds.  I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

This Hadeeth is neither found in Saheeh Al-Bukhari nor in Sunan At-Tirmithi nor in any other of the nine books of the Sunnah. As-Suyooti may Allaah have mercy upon him mentioned it in his book entitled Al-Jaami’ As-Sagheer and he attributed it to Maysarah Ibn ‘Ali may Allaah have mercy upon him who reported it in his Mashyakhah and Ar-Raafi’i may Allaah have mercy upon him reported it in his book entitled At-Taareekh (history).

It is, in fact, a fabricated Hadeeth, as stated by Shaykh Al-Albaani may Allaah have mercy upon him in his book entitled Silsilatul Ahaadeeth Adh-Dha’eefah wa'l-Mawdhoo’ah.

Finally, it should be mentioned that one should investigate and ascertain in attributing Ahaadeeth to the books of Sunnah. Look how negligence here led to attributing a fabricated Hadeeth to Saheeh Al-Bukhari, which is in fact the most authentic book after the Book of Allaah The Almighty!

Allaah Knows best.

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