The virtue of making Salaam to twenty people in one day
Question
I heard in a Bayan that if you have a practice of sending or spreading Salam 25 times a day you will enter jannah. Could you kindly send me the actual text of the hadeeth.
Answer
The Hadith appears in Majmauzz Zawaaid with reference to Tabrani. There is mention of twenty times. The wording of the Hadith is as follows:
It is reported from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (Radiyallahun Anhu) that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "The one who makes salaam to twenty people either collectively or individually and thereafter passes away on that day, Jannat becomes waajib for him. Similarly if he made salaam to twenty people at night."
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
عن عبد الله بن عمر عن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم قال : من سلم على عشرين رجلا من المسلمين في يوم جماعة أو فرادى ثم مات من يومه ذلك وجبت له الجنة
عن عبد الله بن عمر عن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم قال : من سلم على عشرين رجلا من المسلمين في يوم جماعة أو فرادى ثم مات من يومه ذلك وجبت له الجنة وفي ليلة مثل ذلك رواه الطبراني وفيه مسلمة بن علي وهو ضعيف (مجمع الزوائد #12734)
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- Mufti Zakaria Makada
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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