On the authority of Umm Ḥabībah, who said: Whoever prays twelve rakʿahs in a day, a house will be built for him in Paradise. (1)

1811 – Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak informed us, saying: Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq narrated to us, saying: Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān narrated to us, from Suhayl ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ, from his father, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Whoever prays twelve rakʿahs in a day in addition to the obligatory prayer, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise." (2)

Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said: This is an error, and Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān is weak—he is Ibn al-Aṣbahānī. This ḥadīth has also been transmitted through other chains besides this one, with wording other than that which was mentioned previously.

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(1) A sound ḥadīth, but this chain is weak; the discussion of it has already preceded in narration (1808). Moreover, al-Naḍr—namely Ibn Shumayl—contradicted the transmitters from Ḥammād—namely Ibn Salamah—in reporting it as a saying of Abū Hurayrah (mawqūf), for they reported it from him as raised to the Prophet (marfūʿ), as in the preceding narration and as is clarified in the discussion of narration (26768) of the Musnad of Aḥmad. Even though it is reported here as mawqūf, it has the ruling of a marfūʿ ḥadīth, because something of this nature is not said on the basis of personal opinion.

(2) Sound through corroborating evidence (ṣaḥīḥ li-ghayrihi), but this chain is weak due to the weakness of Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān—namely Ibn al-Aṣbahānī—who erred in it, as al-Bukhārī said in al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr 7/37, and as the author stated after this ḥadīth, and Ibn ʿAdī in al-Kāmil 2317, and al-Dāraquṭnī in al-ʿIlal 8/185 and 15/275. Al-Dāraquṭnī said in 8/184–185: Abū Ṣāliḥ only narrated it from ʿAnbasah, from Umm Ḥabībah. And al-Bukhārī said in al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr 1/99 after citing it: This is more correct. It is in al-Sunan al-Kubrā under number (1482).

Ibn Mājah also transmitted it (1142) from Ibn Abī Shaybah, from Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, with this chain.

The ḥadīth is authentically established from Umm Ḥabībah as marfūʿ, as has been previously clarified in the discussion of narration (1801). The remaining ḥadīths of this chapter may be consulted in the Musnad of Aḥmad at narration (10463).

As for what is authentically established from Abū Hurayrah, it is the mawqūf version transmitted by Aḥmad (10462) with the wording: "There is no servant who prays twelve rakʿahs of voluntary prayer in a day except that a house is built for him in Paradise." However—even though it is reported this way as mawqūf—it has the ruling of a marfūʿ ḥadīth, because something of this nature is not said on the basis of personal opinion.