The Hadith “The One Who Has Wird and the One Who Abandons It”
Question
[ar]مَنْ أَرَادَ الْعِبَادَةَ وَيُرَائِي فَقَدْ أَشْرَكَ بِاللَّهِ، وَمَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللَّهِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ الْفَرِيضَةِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ. صَاحِبُ الْوِرْدِ مَأْمُونٌ وَتَارِكُ الْوِرْدِ مَلْعُونٌ.[/ar] “Whoever intends worship and shows off (riya’) has associated partners with Allah, and whoever says ‘La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’ after the obligatory prayer has disbelieved in Allah. The one who keeps his wird (regular recitation)
Answer
I have not seen this text in any book of hadith under the heading of “hadith.” Judging by its apparent meaning, it is also not correct to call it a hadith; some of its words are entirely contrary to a sound hadith: [ar]عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ ﵁ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ...
Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya
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