TI0016 - English - Saying Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum on Eid

Saying Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum on Eid

On Eid we hear ppl greet by saying Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum. Can we greet in this way?

Answered by: Abdun Naser MiSc.

We could see that the Arabs have the habit of wishing or greeting one another with Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum on both the Eid. From them other country Muslims are also following.

All the Hadith Narrations supporting it are very weak feeble. Moreover each narration is conflicting with another.
One narration says that Prophet ﷺ said soo and in another it stated that saying like that is culture of Jews & Christians. Briefly We will see why these narrations are weak Da'if.

First Hadith

سنن البيهقي الكبرى (3/ 319)
 6088 - أخبرنا أبو الحسن بن عبدان أنبأ أحمد بن عبيد ثنا إسحاق بن إبراهيم بن سفيان ثنا أبو علي أحمد بن الفرج المقرئ ثنا محمد بن إبراهيم الشامي ثنا بقية بن الوليد عن ثور بن يزيد عن خالد بن معدان قال : لقيت واثلة بن الأسقع في يوم عيد فقلت تقبل الله منا ومنك فقال نعم تقبل الله منا ومنك قال واثلة لقيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يوم عيد فقلت تقبل الله منا ومنك قال نعم تقبل الله منا ومنك
Narrated by Halith bin Maktan :
On Eid day I met Vasila ibn Asqa and wished Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum he replied Naam Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum then he said On Eid day I greeted Prophet ﷺ by saying Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum for that He ﷺ replied Naam Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum
Reference : Sunan Al Kubra Al Baihaqi # 6088

In this Hadith In the chain of Narrators it has Four Weak narrators
1. Baqiya Ibn Waleed He is Mutallis. He narrates as if he heard from the one from whom he actually didn't heard it. narrations from them is considered only when they narrate with the same words as of the sub narrators. In this narration he narrates with the word 'Ann if a Mutallis narrates like this then it's not considered. So for this reason it becomes weak Da'if.
2. Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Sufyan He is one of the narrator in this Hadith. He is "Majhulul Haal" the one who is not known. In this regard this Hadith becomes weak Da'if
3. Ahmad Ibn Fajr He is one of the sub narrator of this Hadith. Some of the Hadith scholars had criticised that he is weak narrator.
4. Muhammad Bin Ibrahim As sami He is one of the sub narrator of this Hadith.
He is Mathrukul Hadis means the one who has been abandoned. Some of the Hadith Scholars have criticized him.
Since the above mentioned four Narrators are in the chain. so this Hadith becomes close to fabricated one so this is very weak narration which needs to be ignored.

Second Hadith

سنن البيهقي الكبرى (3/ 319)
 6091 - أخبرناه أبو الحسين بن بشران ببغداد أنبأ أبو جعفر محمد بن عمرو الرزاز ثنا محمد بن الهيثم بن حماد ثنا نعيم بن حماد ثنا عبد الخالق بن زيد بن واقد الدمشقي عن أبيه عن مكحول عن عبادة بن الصامت رضي الله عنه قال : سألت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم عن قول الناس في العيدين تقبل الله منا ومنكم قال ذلك فعل أهل الكتابين وكرهه عبد الخالق بن زيد منكر الحديث قاله البخاري
 عبد الخالق بن زيد الدمشقي متروك الحديث
Narrated Ubbatha Ibn Samith:
I asked Prophet ﷺ about saying Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum on both Eid for that He ﷺ Said this is the culture of the Jews & Christians and he disliked saying that.
Reference : Sunan Al kubra Al Baihaqi #6091

Even this Hadith is weak.  

Since Abdul Halik ibn Sayd Aththimiski is one of the narrators of this Hadith. This Hadith becomes Weak Da'if. Imaam Bukhari has criticised Him saying He is Munkarul Hadis (The one who narrates weak narrations) and many scholars have criticised Him.

To summarize this, Narrations that greeting one another with Taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum is soo weak that it's been compared with another weak narrations which says it's culture of Jews and Christians.

So,  considering all these points we should not follow it considering it has Sunnah.
This culture has been started after the  Prophet ﷺ Period so following it by saying it's way of Salaf (forefathers). It's clearly a Bid'a.

Jazzakumullahu Khairan : Abdun Naser MiSc

Translator: Shuaib bin Ikramullah
Original source (Tamizh): https://www.facebook.com/notes/thowheed-translations/tamizh-saying-taqabbalallahu-minna-wa-minkum-on-eid/239973236514009/