SALÂT’UR RAGHÂ'IB

[Izhâr'ud Dîn]

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Salât’ur Raghâ’ib

Imâm an-Nawawî Rahimahullâh said,

الصَّلَاةُ الْمَعْرُوفَةُ بصلاة الرغائب وهي ثنتى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً تُصَلَّى بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ لَيْلَةَ أَوَّلِ جُمُعَةٍ فِي رَجَبٍ وَصَلَاةُ لَيْلَةِ نِصْفِ شَعْبَانَ مِائَةُ رَكْعَةٍ وَهَاتَانِ الصَّلَاتَانِ بِدْعَتَانِ وَمُنْكَرَانِ قَبِيحَتَانِ وَلَا يُغْتَرُّ بِذَكَرِهِمَا فِي كِتَابِ قُوتِ الْقُلُوبِ وَإِحْيَاءِ عُلُومِ الدِّينِ وَلَا بِالْحَدِيثِ الْمَذْكُورِ فِيهِمَا فَإِنَّ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ بَاطِلٌ

"The prayer which is known as Salât’ur Raghâ’ib, which is twelve Rak’ahs that are offered between Maghrib and Ishâ on the night of the first Friday in Rajab, and praying one hundred Rak’ahs on the night of Nisfu Sha’bân (halfway through Sha’bân) are both innovations and repulsive reprehensible acts. No one should be deceived by the fact that they are mentioned in Qût’ul Qulûb and Ihyâ’u Ulûm’id Dîn, or by the Hadîth which is quoted in these two books, because all of that is false." (an-Nawawî, al-Majmû, 4/56; al-Wansharîsî, al-Mi’yâr'ul Maghrib, 1/300)

Shaykh’ul Islâm Ibnu Taymiyyah Rahimahullâh said,

" صَلَاةُ الرَّغَائِبِ " بِدْعَةٌ بِاتِّفَاقِ أَئِمَّةِ الدِّينِ لَمْ يَسُنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ خُلَفَائِهِ وَلَا اسْتَحَبَّهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الدِّينِ: كَمَالِكِ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَد وَأَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَالثَّوْرِيِّ وَالْأَوْزَاعِي وَاللَّيْثِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ. وَالْحَدِيثُ الْمَرْوِيُّ فِيهَا كَذِبٌ بِإِجْمَاعِ أَهْلِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِالْحَدِيثِ وَكَذَلِكَ الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي تُذْكَرُ أَوَّلَ لَيْلَةِ جُمُعَةٍ مِنْ رَجَبٍ

"Salât’ur Raghâ’ib is Bid’ah according to the agreement of the scholars of religion, Rasûlullâh Sallallâhu Alayhi wa Sallam did not make it a Sunnah nor did one of his Khulafâ do so. None of the scholars of religion regarded it Mustahab, such as Mâlik, ash-Shâfi’î, Abû Hanîfah, at-Thawrî, al-Awzâ’î, al-Layth, and others. The Hadîth that is narrated concerning it is a lie according to the consensus of the scholars who have knowledge of Hadîth. Likewise is the Salâh which is mentioned to be at the night of the first Friday of Rajab." (Majmû'ul Fatâwâ, 23/134)

وَصَلَاةُ الرَّغَائِبِ بِدْعَةٌ مُحْدَثَةٌ لَمْ يُصَلِّهَا النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ السَّلَفِ،

“Salât’ur Raghâ’ib is a newly invented Bid’ah; it wasn’t prayed by the Nabî Sallallâhu Alayhi wa Sallam nor by anyone from the Salaf.” (Ibnu Taymiyyah, al-Fatawa al-Kubra, 5/344)