How sound is the evidence mentioned in the Hadith regarding kissing the thumb upon hearing the Adhan, and does it make this act desirable?
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This clarifies that Sunnahs are not established merely by narration, and that what has been reported about wiping the eyes and kissing the thumbs upon hearing the name of the Prophet, peace be upon him, in the has no sound basis, as it is a weak or fabricated . It emphasizes that the statements of Al-Daylami, Isma'il Haqqi, Al-Ajlouni, and Ibn Abidin regarding this matter are not based on sound evidence, and that scholars such as Al-Sakhawi, Al-Shawkani, Bakr Abu Zayd, and Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Badr have explicitly stated the invalidity of this practice, considering it among the ignorances or superstitions of the Sufis.
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