Saturday 27 Rabi‘ at-akhir 1448 - 10 October 2026
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What is the status of the hadeeth “Whoever performs Hajj to the House (the Ka’bah) but does not visit me has shunned me”?

Question

What is the status of the hadeeth “Whoever performs Hajj to the House (the Ka’bah) but does not visit me has shunned me”?

Answer

Praise be to Allah.

This hadeeth is mawdoo’ (fabricated). 

See Tarteeb al-Mawdoo’aat by al-Dhahabi, 600; al-Mawdoo’aat by al-Saghaani, 52; al-Fawaa’id al-Majmoo’ah by al-Shawkaani, 326

Source: Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid