Answers by Moulana Suhail Motala

20 Rajab 143728 April 2016

Desire for Wealth and Fame Causes Harm to One’s Din

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of this narration? "Two hungry wolves roaming freely among sheep are less destructive to them than the desire for wealth and fame is to a person's religion"

20 Rajab 143728 April 2016

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)’s Description in the Tawrah

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of this narration? "By Allah, Muhammad is described in Tawrah with some of the qualities attributed to him in the Quran as follows: "O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness And a giver of glad tidings, And a warner And guardian of the illiterates.…

19 Rajab 143727 April 2016

The Famous Du’a Taught to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

QuestionWhat is the source of this Hadith, and is it sahih? Narrated Abu Bakr (radiyallahu 'anhu) "I asked Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) to teach me an invocation so that I may invoke Allah with it in my Salah. He told me to say, 'Allahumma inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathira…

19 Rajab 143727 April 2016

A Hadith on the Process of Creation of Man

QuestionPlease quote the Hadith and reference regarding how a person spends most of his life doing the deeds of the people of Jannah, but at the end of his life, he commits Kufr and enters Jahannam. And another person does the deeds of the people of Jahannam but at the…

18 Rajab 143726 April 2016

Cursed are Those Men Who Emulate Women

QuestionPlease provide the Hadith, wherein Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) cursed those men who emulate women and those women who emulate men

18 Rajab 143726 April 2016

An Unauthentic Narration on a Punishment for Not Forbidding Evil

QuestionWhat is the status of the following Hadith and can it be quoted? «والذي نفسي بيده، ليخرجن من أمتي من قبورهم في صورة القردة والخنازير بإدمانهم عن المعاصي عن نهيهم وهم يستطيعون» "By The one in whose control lies the life of Muhammad, some people will raise from their graves…

15 Rajab 143723 April 2016

A Du’a for Protection Against Blindness, Leprosy and Paralysis

QuestionI wanted to know if the follow du'a being a means of protection from leprosy, blindness and paralysis is established from any authentic Hadith? سبحان الله العظيم وبحمده ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله

15 Rajab 143723 April 2016

Dhikr in the Path of Allah

QuestionIs this narration reliable? "Indeed, remembrance of Allah is seven hundred times superior to spending in the path of Allah"

14 Rajab 143722 April 2016

The Example of a Believer Who Recites the Quran

QuestionPlease provide the reference for this narration: Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The example of a Believer who recites the Quran is like that of a citron. It has a pleasant smell and a sweet taste and the example of a Believer who does not recite the Quran is…