Hadeeth : Aboo Bakr & ‘Umar Hung from a Tree is mawDoo’ (fabricated)

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السلام عليكم

There is a hadeeth which states that Imaam Mahdee عليه السلام will return and when he does he will take out Aboo Bakr and ‘Umar from their graves and put them on a tree. This hadeeth VERY VERY LONG  hadeeth, that is 36 pages long!

Sources for this narration are:

1. Al-Majlisi, Bihaar Al-Anwaar, vol. 53, pg. 1 - 36
2. Mustadark Al-Wasaa-il, vol. 15, ch. 22, pg. 301

Here is the Sanad (chain of narrators) to this hadeeth. (in Bihaar)

أَقُولُ رُوِيَ فِي بَعْضِ مُؤَلَّفَاتِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَسَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْفُرَاتِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَيِّدِيَ الصَّادِقَ ع

Here is the Sanad (chain of narrators) to this hadeeth. (in Mustadark)

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَمْدَانَ الْحُضَيْنِيُّ فِي كِتَابِهِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَسَنِيَّيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُرَاتٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُفَضَّلٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ قَالَ ع

Al-Hussayn bin Hamdaan (الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ حَمْدَان) is Da'eef & Having a Corrupt (faasid) Belief according to:

1.       Al-Najaashee, Rijaal, pg. 67

2.       Ibn Al-GhaDaa-iree, Kitaab Al-Dua'faa, pg. 54

3.       Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 217

4.       Al-Khoei, Mu'jam Rijaal Al-Hadeeth, vol. 5, pg. 224, person # 3372

Muhammad bin Nayseer / NaSeer (أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْر ) (Al-Naymaree) is Mal'oon (Accursed) & Ghullah according to:

1.       Al-Toosi, Rijaal, pg. 402

2.       Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 252 & pg. 274 (da'eef)

3.       Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 254 (mal'oon)

4.       Al-Khoei, Mu'jamm Rijaal A-Hadeeth, vol. 17, pg. 299, person # 11903

'Amr bin Al-Furaat (عَمْرِو بْنِ الْفُرَاتِ) has Da'eef & Ghullah (exaggerator) according to:

1.       Al-Toosi, Rijaal, pg. 362

2.       Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 240

3.       Al-Khoei, Mu'jam Rijaal Al-Hadeeth, vol. 13, pg. 50, person # 8779

Muhammad bin Furaat (مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُرَاتٍ ) (Muhammad bin Moosa bin Al-Hasan bin Furaat) is Da'eef / Ghullah according to:

1.       Al-Kashee, Rijaal, pg. 521

2.       Al-Khoei, Mu'jam Rijaal Al-Hadeeth, vol. 17, pg. 281, person # 11845

Muhammad bin Al-MufaDDal(مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُفَضَّل) is Majhool (Unknown) according to:

1.       Al-Khoei, Mu'jam Rijaal Al-Hadeeth, vol. 17, pg. 269, person # 11818

Al-MufaDDal bin 'Umar (الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ) is Da'eef Jiddan (Very Weak) according to:

1.       Ibn Al-GhaDaa-iree, Kitaab Al-Dua'faa, pg. 88

2.       Al-Najaashee, Rijaal, pg. 416

3.       Al-Hillee, Al-KhulaaSah, pg. 258

If you notice there is a slight variation of both the sanads provided. One says it has 'Amr bin Furaat and the other says it has Muhammad bin Furaat. 

I am leaning more towards Muhammad bin Furaat (Muhammad bin Moosa bin Furaat) because the tabaqa (path/way) of his hadeeth is through Muhammad bin NaSeer, the person present in the chain. Also, the Kunya of Muhammad bin Furaat is Aboo 'Amr, the same 'Amr name given by Majlisi in his sanad. So going by that, the guy in sanad is Muhammad bin Furaat and NOT 'Amr bin Furaat. Both are Da'eef anyways.

Due to the multitude of Da'eef / Majhool / Ghullah people, this hadeeth has to be graded as MawDoo' (fabricated) or at the minimum Da'eef Jiddan. I am more learning towards mawdoo' since the ghullaahs (exaggerators) present in the chain would narrate a hadeeth of this nature.

و عليكم السلام