Bilal bin Rabah visiting the grave of Prophet

The Athar

Once Bilal ra beheld the Prophet (s.a.w.) in his dream saying to him:

"O Bilal! How is it that you never visit me." No sooner did he get up that he set out for Madinah. On reaching there, Hassan and Hussain (r.a.), the Prophet's grandsons, requested him to call out the Azaan. He could not refuse them, for they were very dear to him. But as soon as the Azaan was called, the people of Madinah cried openly out of their anguish at the memory of the happy old days of the Prophet's time. Even the women came out of their houses weeping. Bilal (r.a.) left Madinah again after a few days and died in Damascus in 20 A.H.[Subki in his book Shifa' al-Siqam page 52]

Response:

a) Hafiz ad-Dahabee said after quoting the narration

إسناده لين وهو منكر .

There is weakness in the chain and it is Munkar [Seyar Ailam an-Nubala]

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b) Hafiz Ibn Abdul Hadi who is student of Hafiz ad-Dahabee and teacher of Ibn Rajab Hanbalee refuted as-Subki by saying it is not proven and if for the sake of an argument it is proven then it is not evidence for visiting the graves [Sarim al-Munki page no: 314]

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c) Hafiz Ibn Hajar asqalani said "This story is a clear fabrication"[Lisan al-Mizan 1/107-108]

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d) Shokani said there is no base of this story [Al-Fawaid al Majmooa page 40]

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e) Abu Abdul Rahman al-Fawzi mentioned this story in his book the famous stories and their reality