Question

Is the following Hadith authentic?

Can these forty salah be nafl?

“The person who offers forty prayers consecutively in my Masjid, without missing a prayer in between, will secure immunity from the fire of Hell, and from other punishments and also from hypocrisy.”

 

 

Answer

This Hadith is recorded in Musnad Ahmad on the authority of Sayyiduna Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) with a reliable chain.

(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 3, pg. 155. Also refer to Targhib, vol. 2, pg. 215 and  Majma’uz zawaid, vol. 4, pg. 8)

The Hadith is referring to forty consecutive fard salah.

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,

Answered by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar