Question

Is this narration authentic?

عظموا البطيخ فإنه من حلل الأرض ماؤه شفاء وحلاوته من الجنة

 

Answer

The Muhaddithun have declared this Hadith a fabrication. The Hadith should not be quoted.

(Dhaylul La-Alil Masnu’ah, Hadith: 651, Tanzihush Shari’ah, vol. 2, pg. 260)

Also see here.

Translation

Allow the watermelon to become huge for they are the garments of the earth. Its water/juice is a cure and the sweetness is from Jannah.

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar