Is visiting the Prophet and Ibrāhīm in one year a reported guarantee of Paradise?
2026-10-14
T167 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Original Q&A · Complete individual question and response within a collected question
One complete individual question and response from a collected question about reports circulated by storytellers and others. The quoted report in the question is presented for assessment, not endorsed. The answer gives Ibn Taymiyyah's own assessment.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
ومما يروون عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم: "من زارني، وزار أبي إبراهيم في عام واحد دخل الجنة".
الجواب
الحمد لله، هذا حديث كذب موضوع، ولم يروه أحد من أهل العلم بالحديث.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
Among the reports they attribute to him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is: “Whoever visits me and visits my father Ibrāhīm in a single year will enter Paradise.”
Answer
Praise be to Allah. This is a false, fabricated hadith. None of those knowledgeable about hadith has narrated it.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 18/378
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic collated with the cited edition and a second transcription: https://quranislam.github.io/fatwa/ibn-taymiyyah/fatwa291.html. Each individual report and its full reply is preserved within the larger collected question. Diacritics omitted and honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.