125 Weak and Fabricated Hadeeth

What he meant (may Allaah have mercy on him) by saying that Ibn Khuzaymah was uncertain as to whether it was sound or not may be understood more clearly by referring to Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah (3/191), where he includes it under the chapter heading, Baab Fadaa’il Sharh Ramadaan in sahha al-khabr (Chapter on the virtues of the month of  Ramadaan, if the report is saheeh). And the isnaad of this hadeeth includes ‘Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jad’aan, who is a da’eef (weak) narrator. And Allaah knows best. Therefore one cannot  attribute this saying to the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

37 - If you see poverty coming to you then say, ‘Welcome, O sign of the righteous Weak. This hadeeth was narrated by al-Daylami in Musnad al-Firdaws – as alHaafiz al-‘Iraaqi al-‘Iraaqi said – from the report of Makhool from Abu’lAbu’l-Dardaa’. It is a da’eef (weak) hadeeth, for Makhool did not hear anything from Abu’lAbu’l -Dardaa’. [See Takhreej Takhreej Ihyaa ‘Uloom al-Deen, al-Deen, 4/191.] It was also narrated by Abu Na’eem in al-Hilyah al-Hilyah (6/5) from the report of  Mujaahid from Ka’b al-Ahbaar. al-Ahbaar. And he narrated it in 6/37 from the report of Qutaadah from Ka’b al -Ahbaar. Both isnaads include Ishaaq ibn Bishr al-Kaahili, who is matrook [i.e., his hadeeth is not accepted]. Abu Zar’ah said: he used to tell lies.

 Al-Daaraqutni  Al-Daaraqutni said he is kadhdhaab matrook (i.e., a liar whose hadeeth is not  to be accepted). Al-Azdi said: his hadeeth is to be rejected and is not valid, and he was accused of lying. Ibn Hibbaan said: he used to fabricate hadeeth and attribute them to trustworthy narrators (thiqaat); his hadeeth should not be written down except by way of amusing oneself with something weird. [See [ See al-Jarh al-Jarh wa’lwa’l-Ta’deel, 2/214; alal-Du’afaa wa’l-Matrookeen wa’l-Matrookeen by Ibn al-Jawzi, 1/100.] He is one of the storytellers and time-wasters. Al-Dhahabi said in his biography of him: the shaykh, the scholar, the storyteller, the weak narrator

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