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Is reading Fazail-e-Aamal a sin?

(1) Is is true that the book Fazail-e-Aamal contains many fabricated hadith?

(2) Was the author of the book, i.e., Moulana Zakaria Kandhlavi a high ranking pious
scholar and within the fold of Ahlus-Sunna wal Jamaat?

(3) Is it a sin to read the book Fazail-e-Aamal on basis that it (supposedly) contains many
fabricated hadith?

(4) Is it a sin to encourage other Muslims to read the book Fazail-e-Aamal in their houses?

(5) Is it a sin to give the book Fazail-e-Aamal to other Muslims as a gift item?

(6) Is it a bidaat and/or sin to participate in the efforts and programs of the Tablighi
Jamaat? Jazakumullah Khairaan

A: 1. There are a few fabricated Ahaadith, but the author has pointed these out.

2. He was a very high ranking aalim, Muhaddith and Sufi of his time.

3. It is not a sin. Many compilations of Ahaadith, which the Ulama use, have some
fabricated Ahaadith. Does it mean we have to discard all these important compilations?
In many cases, these fabricated Ahaadith have supporting proofs.

4. It is not a sin.

5. It is not a sin.

6. It is not Bid’at, rather it is encouraged.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Ml. Imraan Vawda


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