The Merit of Dying on Friday and in Ramadan

Question

Question: In Sunan al-Tirmidhi there is a hadith: [ar]مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَمُوتُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَوْ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَّا وَقَاهُ اللَّهُ فِتْنَةَ الْقَبْرِ[/ar] “There is no Muslim who dies on the day of Friday or the night of Friday but that Allah protects him from the trial of the grave” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi). Please set out whatever research exists concerning this hadith.

Answer

Regarding the narration in Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Imam al-Tirmidhi ﵀ himself gave the verdict that: [ar]هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَلَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِمُتَّصِلٍ[/ar] (1) “This is a gharib hadith, and its chain is not muttasil (continuous)” (Sunan al-Tirmidhi). [ar]وَفِي جَمْعِ الْفَوَائِدِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَفَعَهُ: مَنْ مَاتَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وُقِيَ عَذَابَ الْقَبْرِ[/ar] (2)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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