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Sunan Ibn Majah 1441

Chapter: What was narrated concerning visiting the sick

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1441

Narrator:Umar ibn al-Khattāb

حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُسَافِرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ، عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ فَمُرْهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ لَكَ فَإِنَّ دُعَاءَهُ كَدُعَاءِ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ ‏"

It was narrated that ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab said:

“The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me: ‘When you enter upon one who is sick, tell him to pray for you, for his supplication is like the supplication of the angels.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1441).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( فَمُرْهُ ) أَيْ اِلْتَمِسْ مِنْهُ الدُّعَاء ( كَدُعَاءِ الْمَلَائِكَة ) فِي قُرْب الِاسْتِجَابَة وَفِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاده صَحِيح وَرِجَاله ثِقَات إِلَّا أَنَّهُ مُنْقَطِع قَالَ الْعَلَامِيّ فِي الْمَرَاسِيل وَالْمُزِّي فِي رِوَايَة مَيْمُون بْن مَهْرَانِ عَنْ عُمَر ثَلْمَة ا ه وَفِي الْأَذْكَار لِلنَّوَوِيِّ مَيْمُون لَمْ يُدْرِك عُمَر.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 1441
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1441
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1441
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 1441

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Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 1588

‘Umar b. al-Khattab reported God’s messenger as saying, “When you visit an invalid tell him to make supplication for you, for his supplication is like that of the angels.” Ibn Majah transmitted it.

وَعَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ ك قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ فَمُرْهُ يَدْعُو لَكَ فَإِنَّ دُعَاءَهُ كَدُعَاءِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ»…

Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattāb

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  • عمل اليوم والليلة لابن السني (552)إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ ، فَمُرْهُ فَلْيَدْعُ لَكَ ؛ فَإِنَّ دُعَاءَهُ كَدُعَاءِ الْمَلائِكَةِ
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