from:
Silsilah al-Ahaadeeth ad-Da`eefah wal-Mawdoo`ah
(568-570) by Shaykh al-Albaani
Mawdoo`
(Fabricated).
Ibn Taahir quoted it in Tadhkirah al-Mawdoo`aat
(p.93), and said, "The isnaad contains
Ma'moon ibn Ahmad al-Harawi, an utter liar
who used to narrate fabrications." More
of his description is given in hadeeth
2 below. Ibn Hibbaan mentioned this hadeeth
under his name in ad-Du`afaa (The Weak
Narrators) and Dhahabi regarded it as one
of his calamities!
Some Hanafis have been deceived by this
hadeeth, arguing on its basis that any
recitation behind the imaam is totally
haraam! Abul Hasanaat al-Luknawi said
in at-Ta`leeq al-Mumajjid `alaa Muwatta`
Muhammad (p. 99), "It was mentioned by
the author of Nihaayah and by others
as marfoo` with the wording, `_there
is a burning coal in his mouth', and
it is totally baseless."
He had said before that, "In no saheeh
marfoo` hadeeth is there a forbiddance
of reciting al-Faatihah behind the imaam;
all that they quote as marfoo` regarding
this is either baseless or not authentic",
and had then mentioned this hadeeth with
both wordings as an example.
The people of knowledge, both past and
present, have differed regarding recitation
behind the imaam, taking one of three
views:
-
That recitation in loud and quiet prayers
is obligatory.
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That silence in loud and quiet prayers
is obligatory.
-
That there be recitation in quiet,
but not in loud, prayers.
This
last view is the most balanced and closest
to the truth, for in it, all the evidences
can be accommodated such that none of them
is rejected totally. It is the view of
Maalik and Ahmad, and has also been prefered
after analysis by some Hanafis, including
Abul Hasanaat al-Luknawi in his aforementioned
book.
Another example of Ma'moon al-Harawi's
inventions is the following:
Mawdoo`
(Fabricated).
Ibn Taahir quoted it in Tadhkirah al-Mawdoo`aat
(p. 87), and said, "The isnaad contains
Ma'moon ibn Ahmad al-Harawi, an utter liar
who used to fabricate ahadeeth."
Dhahabi said about him, "He brought calamities
and disgraceful reports. He invented
ahaadeeth, this being one of them, and
related them apparently on the authority
of reliable narrators."
It is clear to me from the ahaadeeth
which Ma'moon al-Harawi has invented
that he is a bigoted zealot of the Hanafi
Madhhab, for all the ahaadeeth mentioned
under his descriptions (in books of narrators)
revolve around supporting Imaam Abu Haneefah
and insulting Imaam Shaafi`i; amongst
them is this one: a clear insult to the
Shaafi`i view, which approves the raising
of the hands on going down into rukoo`
and rising from it (which is the truth
without doubt), while obviously backing
the Hanafi view which says that this
is makrooh. This disgusting man was not
even satisfied with the position of his
Madhhab that raising the hands was makrooh:
he even went to the extent of inventing
this hadeeth, in order to propagate amongst
the people that raising the hands actually
invalidates the prayer!
Perhaps he also intended to support Makhool's
narration from Abu Haneefah that he said,
"He who raises his hands during prayer,
his prayer is ruined", a narration which
deceived Ameer Kaatib al-Itqaani, who
compiled a treatise on the basis of it
to argue the invalidation of the prayer
by the raising of the hands! Similarly
deceived was the one who trod his path
and ruled that it was not permissible
for Hanafis to pray behind Shaafi`is
because the latter raise their hands!
While all along, this narration from
Abu Haneefah is utterly false, as `Allaamah
Abul Hasanaat al-Luknawi has verified
in al-Fawa`id al-Bahiyyah fi Taraajum
al-Hanafeeyyah (pp. 116, 216-7).
Shaikh `Ali al-Qaari quoted this hadeeth
in al-Mawdoo`at and then said (p. 81),
"This hadeeth was fabricated by Muhammad
b. `Ukaashah al-Kirmaani, may Allaah
disgrace him." Later (p. 129), he quoted
Ibn al-Qayyim as saying, "It is fabricated."
This is contrary to what has been established
(above) that the fabricator was al-Harawi;
if it is proved, than perhaps one of
them stole it from the other!
We can see from all this what lack of
heed to the Sunnah, and abandonment of
verification of narrations from the Prophet
(sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) and the
Imaams, can do!
NOTE:
About raising the hands on going into
rukoo` and rising from it, many many
ahadeeth have been narrated from the
Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam):
they are actually mutawaatir in the eyes
of the scholars; in fact, raising the
hands with every takbeer is proven on
his authority in many ahadeeth; whereas
not raising the hands is not authentically-related
from him except once via `Abdullaah ibn
Mas`ood (radi Allaahu `anhu), but this
is not suitable for putting into practice,
for it is naaf (negatory). It is firmly
established, in the eyes of the Hanafis
and others, that the muthbit (affirmatory)
takes precedence over the naaf (negatory);
this is even when the affirmatory is
on its own, let alone the case when it
is a multitude of narrations, as in this
issue! On the basis of this principle,
and in the abscence of anything contrary,
this renders it binding on them to adopt
the raising of the hands, and not to
stick zealously to the Madhhab after
the establishment of proof. However,
it is a pity that only a handful of the
earlier or later ones have adopted it,
so much so that not raising the hands
has become a landmark for them!
Yet another of the inventions of this
vile liar, this time a personal insult
to Imaam Shaafi`i (Muhammad bin Idrees),
is the following:
Mawdoo`
(Fabricated).
Ibn al-Jawzi quoted it in al-Mawdoo`aat(1/457)
via:
Ma'moon ibn Ahmad as-Salmi, who said:
Ahmad ibn `Abdullaah al-Juwaibaari narrated
to us: `Abdullaah ibn Mi`daan al-Azadi
informed us from Anas, as marfoo`;
and then said, "Fabricated; invented
by Ma'moon or by Juwaibaari. Haakim mentioned
in Madhkal that it was said to Ma'moon,
`Do you not look to Shaafi`i and his
followers?' So he said, `Ahmad ibn `Abdullaah
al-Juwaibaari narrated to us ...' etc.,
so it becomes evident from this that
he is the fabricator of it."
The following addition appears in Lisaan:
"Haakim then said, `Anyone whom Allaah
has granted the least amount of intelligence
would testify that a hadeeth such as
this is a fabrication attributed to the
Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alaihi
wa sallam)'."
The hadeeth does have other routes of
narration, but these depend on liars
and unknown reporters. Therefore, it
is extremely bizarre that `Allaamah `Ayni
should incline towards strengthening
the hadeeth with those other routes,
and that Shaykh Kawthari should support
him! However, it is no surprise from
the latter, for he was notorious for
being submerged in zealousy for Imaam
Abu Haneefah (rahimahullaah), even if
it entailed insulting other Imaams; but
it is very surprising from `Ayni, for
he was generally known not to go to such
extremes. The opinion of these two has
been refuted, with analysis of the other
routes of narration referred to, in a
unique way in `Allaamah Yamaanee's valuable
book, at-Tankeel bi maa fi Ta'neeb al-Kawthari
min al-Abaateel (1/20, 446-9).