The Musalsal of Surat al-Saff
by S. Fakhruddin Owaisi
As-Salam Alaykum
I had written down the sanad for the Hadith al-Musalsal bi-Qira'at Surat al-Saff, for a friend. I thought I will share it with the brothers on this site as well.
It is narrated that the blessed Prophet (S.A.W.) recited the Surah al-Saff immediately after its revelation to those of his noble Companions who were around him at the time.
Later on in life, one of those Companions, Sayyidina Abd-Allah bin Salam, recited the same Surah to his students and they recited it to their students, and this practice continued till our times. The sanad I produce here is that of Muhaddith al-Haramayn al-Sayyid Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki.
Here is the Sanad for that continuous recital from one generation to another:
ALLAH (S.W.T.)
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Archangel Jibril (A.S.)
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The Master of Creation Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.)
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Sayyidina Abd-Allah bin Salam
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Abi-Salmah bin Abd-al-Rahman
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Yahya bin Abi-Kathir
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Imam al-Awza'i
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Muhammad bin Kathir
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Abd-Allah al-Darimi
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Esa al-Samarqandi
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Abu-Muhammad Abd-Allah al-Sarkhasi
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Abi-al-Hasan Abd-al-Rahman al-Dawudi
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Abi-al-Waqt Abd-al-Awwal al-Harawi
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Abi-al-Manja Abd-Allah al-Baghdadi
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Abi-al-Abbas Ahmad al-Hajjar al-Dimasqhi
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Abi-Ishaq Ibrahim al-Tanukhi
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Al-Hafiz Abu-Nu'aym
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Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Ansari
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Shaykh Najm-al-Din al-Ghayti
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Shaykh Shihab-al-Din Ahmad al-Shalabi
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Shaykh Muhammad Ala-al-Din al-Babili
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Shaykh Ahmad al-Nakhli
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Shaykh Muhammad bin Uqaylah al-Makki
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Shaykh Ali al-Mansafisi al-Adawi
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The Muhaddith al-Sayyid Murtada al-Zabidi
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Shaykh Ali al-Mayli al-Azhari
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The Sufi Mujahid al-Sharif Muhammad bin Ali al-Sanusi
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Shaykh Falih al-Zahiri of Madinah
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Muhaddith of the Hijaz, Shaykh Umar Hamdan
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Imam of the Haram, Al-Sayyid Alawi al-Maliki
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Shaykh al-Islam, al-Sayyid Muhammad bin Alawi al-Maliki
Everyone in this honorable chain recited the blessed Surah al-Saff to the person below them in the chain….from the Prophet (S.A.W.) till al-Sayyid Muhammad Alawi.
fakhruddin
