Qadi ‘Iyad’s (rahimahullah) Grading on the Hadith: “The Stomach Is the Reservoir of the Body”

Question

Is it true that Qadi ‘Iyad (rahimahullah) cited this Hadith in his Shifa and accepted it?

المعدة حوض البدن، والعروق إليها واردة

Answer

Qadi ‘Iyad (rahimahullah) has certainly cited this narration in his Shifa. However, he has not accepted it to be authentic. Rather, he explicitly mentions that he does not regard it as authentic because it is fabricated.

(Ash-Shifa bi Ta’rifi Huquqil Mustafa, pg. 487)

See further details regarding the authenticity of this narration here.

And Allah Ta’ala knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Arabic References

التخريج من المصادر العربية:

الشفا بتعريف حقوق المصطفى- ط. دار الفتح-  (ص: 478)
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