



AkramDiyaa al-‘Umaree said, “As for those reports which show that he was welcomed with the song: Tala’a al-badru ‘alayna min Thaniyyatil-Wadaa’, no authentic chain has transmitted that.”. Imam Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee said, “…but it isMu’dal, Faulty three or more reporters are missing in the chain of report…”. 806AH) also said, “The statement of Ibn ‘Aa’isha is Mu’dal, Faulty it cannot be depended on as evidence.”. 852 AH) ruled that, “It is a Mu’dal, Faulty, chain.”. He died 228 years after the Hijrah and was as such, at least 120 yrs away from the event of the Hijrah making absolutely clear, the wide broken link between the narrator and the narration.Ī. But ‘Ubaydullah bin ‘Aa’isha, on whose authority the story was reported is a 10th category reporter i.e., those who did not even meet the Tabi’een. Similarly, Imam al-Bayhaqee (rahimahullah) cited it in Dalaail an-Nubuwwah (2/506-7). However, this age-long, immensely popular rhyme is a baseless ascription to the event in its chain and text!Īccording to the great scholar of hadith, HafidhIbnHajar al-Asqalaanee, the song has been related by AbooSa’eed in Sharaf al-Mustapha and al-Khal’ee inal-Fawaaid with a chain of reporters on the authority of ‘Ubaydullah bin ‘Aa’isha who narrated the story. “Tala’a al-badru ‘alayna min Thaniyyatil-Wadaa’/ wajaba ash-shukru ‘alaynaa maada’aa li-llaahidaa’in”.

Popular but Unreliable Stories Series IV Part IĪs children in the Madrasah, we were delighted to be told that scintillating crowds of men and women thronged the streets of Madinah on the event of the arrival of the Prophet, Muhammad (sallallaahualayhiwasallam) to the city, singing “their welcome in a song that even now is sung by Muslims in memory of that happy day” that: In Madeenah Singing and Drumming Welcomed the Prophet - SalaLlaahu alayhi wa sallam? Tala’a al-badru ‘alayna, Popular but Unreliable !
