Authenticity of Ash-Shamaa'il Al-Muhammadiyyah

15-3-2016 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu alaykum. Is Ash-Shamaa'il Al-Muhammadiyyah completely authentic?

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 ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

If you mean Ash-Shamaa'il Al-Muhammadiyyah by Abu ʻEesa At-Tirmithi  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him then it is a great book in its field; however, there are some weak, inauthentic ahaadeeth cited therein. Shaykh Muhammad Naasir Ad-Deen Al-Albaani classified the ahaadeeth cited in this book and summarized it in his book Mukhtasar Ash-Shamaa'il Al-Muhamadiyyah, distinguishing the authentic ahaadeeth therein from others.

You should know that no book is free of criticism save the Book of Allaah; all other books consist of human production. Ash-Shaafiʻi  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him said, "Allaah, The Exalted, willed that no book would be infallible save His Book."

Allaah knows best.

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