Hadith authenticity

Question:

AsSalamuAlaikum,

Someone was sending people hadith on social network website that the Prophet (saw) has said; “Kiss your children often, each time you kiss your children your rank in Jannah will increase.” I found it to be a copy paste type sharing by the person and I’m not sure of its authenticity, although I like the hadith very much. Can you clarify please?

Also what are we to do with hadiths that people share without authenticity? Can we accept them and act upon them and expect a reward for it?

Answer:

Alaykum Salam,

This is a forgery found mostly in Shi`i books and flagged in Ibn`Arraq’s Tanzih al-Shari`a. Its Arabic text is here.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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