NOTHING AUTHENTIC CONCERNING THE RECITATION OF AYAT AL+KURSI AFTER THE PRESCRIBED PRAYERS
POPULAR HADITH THAT ARE NOT CONFIRMED There is nothing authentic concerning the recitation of āyāt Al-Kursī after the prescribed prayers (or otherwise). This narration attributed to the Prophet (ﷺ) comes by way of the following Ṣaḥābah, but none are free from severe defects: 1. Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī by way of: - Muḥammad ibn Ḥimyar: A munkar rejected narration - ˋAbd ibn Ḥumayd: Munkar both in isnād and matn. 2. ˋAbd-ul-Lāh ibn Masˋūd: A mursal ḍaˋīf narration 3. ˋAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib: A munkar narration 4. Al-Ḥasan ibn ˋAlī: A munkar narration 5. Al-Muġīrah ibn Shuˋbah: A muṭhlim (dark isnād) 6. ˋAbd-ul-Lāh ibn ˋAmr: A fabrication 7. Jābir ibn ˋAbd-il-Lāh, by way of: - Ismāˋīl ibn Yaḥyā: A fabrication - Jābir ibn Yazīd: A fabrication - Abū Junayd aḍ-Ḍarīr: Baseless, both in isnād and matn 8. Anas ibn Mālik: A munkar narration 9. Aṣ-Ṣalṣāl ibn ad-Dalahmas: A munkar narration If narrations are munkar or extremely weak, they cannot be used to strengthen ...