Answers by Moulana Suhail Motala

13 Rajab 143721 April 2016

Wear White Clothing, for They are Purer and Better

QuestionIs the following Hadith authentic and true? It was narrated from Samurah ibn Jundub (radiyallahu 'anhu) that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Wear white garments, for they are purer and better."

13 Rajab 143721 April 2016

Forgiveness for a Man Due to His Daughter Obeying Her Husband

QuestionIs the following Hadith authentic? حدثنا يحيى بن عبد الحميد نبا يوسف بن عطية نبا ثابت عن انس رضي الله عنه قال أن امرأة كانت تحت رجل فمرض أبوها فأتت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالت يا رسول الله إن أبي مريض وزوجي يأبى أن يأذن لي أن أمرضه فقال…

13 Rajab 143721 April 2016

An Unauthentic Hadith Describing the Person With Perfect Intellect

QuestionIs this Hadith authentic and quotable? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The one who fears Allah the most and takes careful consideration to abide by what Allah has enjoined and abstains from what Allah has prohibited has the most mature mind among you even though he does the least…

12 Rajab 143720 April 2016

Translation of a Hadith on the Importance of Salah in Congregation

QuestionKindly translate the following Hadith in Sunan Darimi: أخر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلاة العشاء ذات ليلة حتى كاد أن يذهب ثلث الليل أو قريبه، فجاء وفي الناس رقود، وهم عزون، وهم حلق، فغضب فقال: ”لو أن رجلا نادى الناس إلى عرق أو مرماتين، لأجابوا إليه، وهم يتخلفون…

12 Rajab 143720 April 2016

Reciting the Quran from Memory

QuestionCan you please tell me if this Hadith is authentic? Aws al Thaqafi (radiyallahu 'anhu) related that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "A man's recital of the Quran from memory is a thousand degrees and his recital from a Mushaf [looking inside] is doubled to two thousand."

11 Rajab 143719 April 2016

A Hadith on Showing Love to People

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of the following? "The peak of intellect after Iman is to show love to people and doing good to pious people as well as sinners"

4 Rajab 143712 April 2016

An Unauthentic Narration Regarding a Miser

QuestionWhat is the source of this Hadith? "Allah Ta'ala dislikes the person who remains stingy throughout his life and becomes generous at the time of his death"

4 Rajab 143712 April 2016

A Narration Regarding Reciting Quran Aloud in Salah

QuestionIs this Hadith reliable? Ibnul Adra' says: One night I was in the company of Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) when we walked past a man who was reciting Quran aloud [without shouting] in Salah. I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Maybe he did it ostentatiously?' Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa…

1 Rajab 14379 April 2016

The Importance of Performing Nafl Salah Before Going on Travel

QuestionPlease provide the reference for the following Hadith: "There is no action that a person can leave behind with his family before setting out on a journey which is more virtuous than two [optional] rak'ahs [of Salatus safar] he performs by them"

29 Jumadal Akhirah 14378 April 2016

Severing ties Bring Allah’s Punishment Without Delay

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of the following? "There is no sin more likely to bring the punishment of Allah in this world as well as what [punishment] Allah has in store in the Hereafter than transgression [oppression/rebelling] and severing family ties "

29 Jumadal Akhirah 14378 April 2016

Hold Fast Onto the Holy Quran

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of the following narration regarding the Quran? "Indeed this Quran is such that its one end is in the [control] of Allah and the other end is in your hands. Therefore firmly hold onto it, for certainly you will not go astray nor and will you…