Salaat al-Haajah
Question Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah What is the authenticity of Salat ul Hajja ( the Salat of Need)Please answer if possible.Jazak Allah Khairun Praise be to Allah. Salaat al-Haajah is not prescribed in sharee’ah Abu ‘Eesaa (i.e., al-Tirmidhi) said: “This is a ghareeb hadeeth. The fact that Faa’id ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmaan is among the narrators…
Question
What is the authenticity of Salat ul Hajja ( the Salat of Need)Please
answer if possible.Jazak Allah Khairun
Praise be to Allah.
Salaat al-Haajah is not prescribed in sharee’ah
Abu ‘Eesaa (i.e., al-Tirmidhi) said: “This is a ghareeb hadeeth.
The fact that Faa’id ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmaan is among the narrators makes the
hadeeth very weak. Faa’id is Abu’l-Warqaa’.”
Al-Albaani said: “It is very weak indeed.” Al-Haakim said:
“Fabricated ahaadeeth were narrated from Ibn Abi Awfaa.” (Mishkaat
al-Masaabeeh, 1/417). This hadeeth was also narrated by Ibn Maajah, may Allaah have
mercy on him, in his Sunan, 1/144, also via Faa’id ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmaan.
Al-Albaani said, in Da’eef Sunan Ibn Maajah, no. 293: “(It is) very
weak.”
On the basis of the above, this prayer is not prescribed in Islam, but if
the Muslim is faced with distress, he should pray and make du’aa’ in general
(with no restrictions as to a certain number of rak’ahs or a specific
du’aa’ that is not proven in sound ahaadeeth, etc.), because Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): “And seek help in patience and prayer…”
[al-Baqarah 2:45], and because of the hadeeth of Hudhayfah in which he said:
“When anything distressed the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him), he would pray.”
And Allaah knows best.
