Question

I would like to ask if the following is from an authentic Hadith:

“Allah Ta’ala makes Jannat obligatory upon one who makes the salam twenty times a day.”

 

Answer

Imam Tabarani (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma), with a very weak chain.

(Al-Mu’jamul Kabir, Hadith: 14116 and Majma’uz zawwaid, vol. 8, pg. 30)

However, there are other authentic Hadiths that promise Jannah for those who spread the salam, like the one in Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 192.

“You will not enter Jannah until you have [complete] Iman, and you will not have [complete] Iman until you have mutual love.

Let me show you such an action, if you carry out, you will attain mutual love; spread the salam amongst you.”

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,

Answered by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar