Ibn ‘Umar, who said that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

‘Whoever performs Hajj and then visits me after my death, it is as though he visited me during my lifetime.’”

Yahyā ibn Ma‘īn said of Hafs: “He is not trustworthy. His Quranic recitation is more accurate than that of Abū Bakr ibn ‘Ayyāsh, but Abū Bakr is more trustworthy than he is.” In another report from him: “Hafs was the more accomplished Quran reciter, but Abū Bakr was truthful, whereas Hafs was a liar.”

Al-Bukhārī said: “They abandoned him.” Muslim ibn al-Hajjāj said: “His reports are abandoned.” ‘Alī ibn al-Madīnī said: “He is weak in hadith; I deliberately stopped narrating from him.” Al-Nasā’ī said: “He is not trustworthy, and his hadiths are not to be recorded.” On another occasion, he said: “His reports are abandoned.” Sālih ibn Muhammad al-Baghdādī said: “His hadiths are not to be recorded; all his hadiths are rejected reports.”

Abū Zur‘ah said: “He is weak in hadith.” Abū Hātim al-Rāzī said: “His hadiths are not to be recorded. He is weak in hadith, is not to be believed, and his reports are abandoned.” ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Khirāsh said: “He is a liar whose reports are abandoned; he fabricates hadiths.” Al-Hākim Abū Ahmad said: “His hadith transmission is worthless.” Ibn ‘Adī said: “Most of the hadiths he transmits from his sources are not reliably preserved.”

There is another hadith on this subject, transmitted by al-Bazzār, al-Dāraqutnī and others through Mūsā ibn Hilāl: “‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Umar narrated to us, from Nāfi‘, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said:

‘Whoever visits my grave is assured of my intercession.’”

Al-Bayhaqī, after narrating this hadith, said: “It has also been reported from Mūsā, from ‘Abd Allāh.” He said: “Whether it is ‘Abd Allāh or ‘Ubayd Allāh,