Is the Hadith About the Virtues of Offering Forty Prayers in the Prophet’s Masjid Authentic?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is the Hadith about securing immunity from Hell, punishment, and hypocrisy by offering forty consecutive prayers in the Prophet’s Masjid (Allah bless him and give him peace) authentic?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
This hadith is recorded in Musnad Ahmad on the authority of Anas (Allah be pleased with him) with a reliable chain of narrators. It refers to the virtue of performing forty consecutive fard salah in the Prophet’s masjid (Allah bless him and give him peace). See the Arabic reference below.
Anas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), He said, “Anyone who performs forty consecutive prayers in my masjid, without missing any prayer in between, will gain protection from the fire of Hell, as well as from punishments and hypocrisy.”
[Imam Ahmad, Musnad Ahmad, Mundhiri, Targhib Wal-Tarhib, and Tirmidhi with different words]
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
