40 namaaz in Madina shareef???

[Sister Nomee]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Dear Imam sahib could you clarify this for me. I have heard you have to read forty namaaz at Madina Shareef is this every time you go or once in your life??

As I have been twice and yes I have completed my forty namaaz on each visit now I want to go For hajj and I want to go for only two weeks family committement which means I may not be able to do forty namaaz.

jazakallah khair

[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu



Praise be to Allah who is the lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon His most Beloved and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam


Jazakallah for your valued question. A hadith of the Most Beloved Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam states:


'An anas ibne malikinn man salla fi masjidi arba'ina salatann, la tafutuhu salatunn kutiba la hu bara'atum minan nari wa bara'atum minal adhabi, wa bari'a minan nifaqi'


'It is narrated by Anas Ibn-e-Malik Radi Allahu anhu, that the Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said:


'Whoever prayed the forty salah in my Masjid, and not one was remaining that had lapsed, freedom from the fire is written for him, and freedom from the punishment, and he is free from hypocrisy'[/b][/i]


This hadith has been reported in Wafa'al Wafa' Shareef, Musnad Imam Ahmad bin Hambal, Tabarani, and many other authentic hadith books.


This is the main hadith, which the Ahl as-Sunnah wal Jama'ah act upon when they talk about the forty salah in Madinah Shareef. Whether other people give preference to this hadith, or whether they call it weak, or whether they criticise it in any other way, is for them, but not for us, as we shall try do do the most we can, in gaining the closeness of Allah the Almighty, and His Most Beloved Messenger Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, by acting on the good news that He has given us.


Once this has been performed, it is enough, especially if the time factor is an issue for you i.e. two weeks, when you go for Hajj.


May Allah the Almighty open all the doors of time, for both you and me, so that we may have our hearts fill, at a place like Madinah-tul-Munawarrah. (Amin)



Wallahu A'lamu Biththawaab



M. Waseem Ashrafi