Fatwa #4561130 November 2024Pakistan
Dua on a Wednesday - Is this Hadith authentic?
Question
Asalamualaikum
Is the Hadīth from Sayiduna Jabir radiallahuanhu regarding acceptance of dua on Wednesday between dhuhr and asr authentic? Can it be shared? Is the speciality of time limited only to masjid at fath? JazakAllah
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The Hadeeth you are referring to is as follows:
سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ: “دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ، مَسْجِدِ الْفَتْحِ، يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَيَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ وَيَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ، فَاسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ قَالَ جَابِرٌ: وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ بِي أَمْرٌ مُهِمٌّ غائِظٌ إِلَّا تَوَخَّيْتُ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ، فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فِيهِ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ، إِلَّا عَرَفْتُ الْإِجَابَةَ”الأدب المفرد مخرجا (ص: 246(
Translation: Sayyiduna Jabir (radiyallahu’anhu) reports that: ‘Rasulullah (sallallahu ’alayhi wasallam) had made du’a to Allah in Masjidul Fath (in Madinah) on a Monday, a Tuesday and a Wednesday. His du’a was accepted between Zuhr and ‘Asr on the Wednesday. Sayyiduna Jabir says: ‘Whenever I had a need, I waited for that moment on a Wednesday and made du’a. Every time I did so, I noticed my du’a being accepted.’ (Al-Adabul Mufrad of Imam Bukhari, Hadith: 725, Musnad Ahmad, vol.3 pg. 332 and Musnad Bazzar; Kashful Astar, Hadith: 431)
The above Hadith is authentic and can be shared.
The specialty of the time is not only limited to Masjid – e- Fath, rather every Wednesday between Zuhr and Asr is a time when Duas are accepted.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Ahmad Patel
Student Darul Iftaa
South Africa
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
(2020-07-03)
الأدب المفرد مخرجا (ص: 246(
قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ: دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ، مَسْجِدِ الْفَتْحِ، يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَيَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ وَيَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ، فَاسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ قَالَ جَابِرٌ: وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ بِي أَمْرٌ مُهِمٌّ غائِظٌ إِلَّا تَوَخَّيْتُ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ، فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فِيهِ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ، إِلَّا عَرَفْتُ الْإِجَابَةَ
[قال الشيخ الألباني] : حسن
الأدب المفرد بالتعليقات (ص: 371(
حسن ـ «التعليق الرغيب» (2/139) : [لم أعثر عليه]
المسند الجامع (4/ 304(
أخرجه أحمد 3/332 (14617) قال: حدَّثنا أبو عامر. و"البُخَارِي"، فى (الأدب المفرد) 704 قال: حدَّثنا إبراهيم بن المُنْذِر، قال: حدَّثنا سُفْيان بن حَمْزَة
كلاهما (أبو عامر، وسُفْيان بن حَمْزَة) عن كَثِير بن زَيْد،
تذكرة الهداية(47-48)
Moulana ‘Abdul Hayy Laknawi (rahimahullah) has stated that ‘Allamah Suyuti graded the narrators of this Hadith as good (jayyid) in his book: ‘Sihamul Isabah’ and Shaykh Samhudi (rahimahullah) -in Wafaul Wafa- declared the narrators in Musnad Ahmad as reliable.
(Al-Fawaidul Bahiyyah, pg.185-186)
(Targhib, Hadith: 1788. Also see Majma’uz Zawaid, vol.4 pg.12)