Where Ma Lovely Siblings At?

So this year raya again, I did not have a 'sister' that will doll-up for me or even provide makeups instruments for my other sisters. This year raya again, I did not wear high heels or even have nice pumps to sashay down the street. This year raya again, I did not have someone scolding me if I wake up late for raya prayers or if I didnt help Mama in the kitchen. 

But this year raya, I definitely have a lot of whatsapp images being exchanged and live videos being screened all the way from Perth. 

Oh how I miss my sister and her family not forgetting my new born niece, baby lish. 

I'll always wonder if she gets to eat her favourite non spicy rendang, udang, ayam masak merah and also kuih tart or cornflakes. I'll always have this mindset that she gets to eat western food during first day of raya, but no eh!, it's just my silly imagination. Haha. Her parents-in-law are great cooks and my sister is so fortunate to have them too! (I doa that my parents-in-law are nicest human beings and treat me well too! Hehe)

This year raya we were in cerulean blue! Do we siblings look alike?

A Fabricated Narration

During Ramadan, I always come across all sorts of hadiths said by either Imam after terawih prayers, deejays and by tweets too. Just the other day, I found out that this particular hadith is weak or fabricated. 

"The sleep of the fasting person is worship, his silence is tasbeeh, his du’aa’ is answered and his good deeds will be multiplied."

The elaboration for this hadith is as follow;

This hadeeth is not saheeh, and it is not proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). 

Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Shu’ab al-Eeman (3/1437) from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

 “The sleep of the fasting person is worship, his silence is tasbeeh, his du’aa’ is answered and his good deeds will be multiplied.”

 Its isnaad was classed as weak by al-Bayhaqi who said: Ma’roof ibn Hassaan (one of the men in the isnaad) is da’eef (weak) and Sulaymaan ibn ‘Amr al-Nakha’i is weaker than him. Al-‘Iraqi said in Takhreej Ihya’ ‘Uloom al-Deen (1/310): Sulaymaan al-Nakha’i is one of the liars. It was classed as da’eef by al-Manaawi in Fayd al-Qadeer (9293) and it was mentioned by al-Albaani in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da’eefah (4696) who said: It is da’eef. 

What the Muslims should do in general – and this applies even more so to khateebs and daa’iyahs – is to verify reports before attributing a hadeeth to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It is not permissible to attribute to him anything that he did not say. He (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 

“Telling a lie about me is not like telling a lie about anyone else. Whoever tells a lie about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (1391) and by Muslim in the introduction to his Saheeh (4). 

And Allah knows best.