The authenticity of the Hadīth “At the end of time there will be a plenitude of recitors and a deficiency of Fuqahā”


Question:

What’s the authenticity of the Hadīth:

At the end of time there will be a plenitude of recitors and a deficiency of Fuqahā.

Reported by Tabarāni in Mu’jam Al-Awsat on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him.

Answer:

In its chain of narration is:

Ibn Luhay’ah and he is weak due to his bad memory and becoming mixed up.

And it’s in “Silsilah Ad-Da’ēfa” (3712) of Shaykh Al-Albāni, may Allah have mercy upon him.

Answered by:
Shaykh Abu Hatim Yusuf Al-‘Inaabi Al-Jazaa’iree – may Allah preserve him.

Source:
t.me/abouhatem/284

Answered on:
24th, Rabē’l Ākhir, 1438H.

Translated by:
Abu ‘Abdirrahman ‘Abdullaah bin Ahmed Ash-Shingaani.