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Praise be to Allaah.
This hadeeth is mawdoo’ (fabricated). It was
narrated by al-Haakim via ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Muslim
al-Fahri (who said), Ismaa’eel ibn Muslimah
narrated to us, ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Zayd ibn
Aslam told us, from his father, from his
grandfather, from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may
Allaah be pleased with him), that he said: The
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said, “When Adam
committed his sin…” Then he quoted the hadeeth
as the questioner quoted it.
Al-Haakim said: The isnaad of this hadeeth is
saheeh.
This is what al-Haakim said! But a number of
scholars rebuked him and denounced him for
classing this hadeeth as saheeh. They ruled that
this hadeeth is false and fabricated, and they
pointed out that al-Haakim contradicted himself
when commenting on this hadeeth.
There follow some of their comments:
Al-Dhahabi said, criticizing the words of al-
Haakim quoted above:
Rather it is mawdoo’ (fabricated), and ‘Abd al-
Rahmaan is not reliable, and I do not know who
‘Abd-Allaah ibn Muslim al-Fahri is.
Al-Dhahabi also said in Meezaan al-I’tidaal: It is a
false report.
Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar agreed with him in Lisaan al-
Meezaan.
Al-Bayhaqi said:
‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Zayd ibn Aslam is the only
one who narrated it with this isnaad, and he is
da’eef (weak). Ibn Katheer agreed with him in al-
Bidaayah wa’l-Nihayyah, 2/323.
Al-Albaani said in al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah, 25: (it is)
mawdoo’.
Al-Haakim himself (may Allaah forgive him)
accused ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Zayd of being a
fabricator of hadeeth, so how could his hadeeth
be saheeh?
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said in al-Qaa’idah
al-Jaleelah fi’l-Tawassul wa’l-Waseelah (p. 69):
Al-Haakim’s narration of this hadeeth is
something for which he was denounced, and he
himself said in his book al-Madkhil ila Ma’rifat al-
Saheeh ‘an al-Saqeem:
‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Zayd ibn Aslam narrated
fabricated ahaadeeth from his father, and it is
obvious to any competent hadeeth scholar that
he is the one to blame for fabricating ahaadeeth. I
say: ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Zayd ibn Aslam is
da’eef (weak) because he made a lot of mistakes.
See Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Da’eefah by al-Albaani,
1/38-47.