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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.…

20 Rajab 143728 April 2016

Du’a Seeking Protection From the Evils of the Limbs

QuestionCan you please provide the reference of the following du'a? اللهم طهر قلبي من النفاق و عملي من الرياء و لساني من الكذب و عيني من الخيانة فانك تعلم خائنة الأعين و ما تخفي الصدور

19 Rajab 143727 April 2016

A Du’a Asking for Good Inner and Outer Qualities

QuestionCan you please provide the reference for the following du'a? اللهم اجعل سريرتي خيرا من علانيتي و اجعل علانيتي صالحة. اللهم إني أسألك من صالح ما تؤتي الناس من المال و الاهل و الولد غير الضال و لا المضل

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

Reciting Surah Ikhlas and Other Surahs Seven Times After Jumu’ah

QuestionCan please you inform me if the following narration is authentic or not and is it suitable for practice and also, what does being protected from one jumu'ah to the other mean? من قرأ بعد الجمعة الحمد و المعوذتين و قل هو الله أحد سبعا سبعا حفظ إلى الجمعة الأخرى…

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…

18 Rajab 143726 April 2016

Cure Sickness by Giving Sadaqah

QuestionWhat is status of following Hadith? And can it be quoted? حَصِّنُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بِالزَّكَاةِ وَدَاوُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَأَعِدُّوا لِلْبَلَاءِ الدُّعَاءَ Especially this part: وَدَاوُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ And of the last portion: وَأَعِدُّوا لِلْبَلَاءِ الدُّعَاءَ In other narrations it is like وَاسْتَقْبِلُوا أَمْوَاجَ الْبَلَاءِ بِالدُّعَاءِ and وَرُدُّوا نائبَةَ الْبَلَاءِ بِالدُّعَاءِ (Shu'abul…

18 Rajab 143726 April 2016

Authenticity of an Incident Regarding Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

QuestionI was informed of an incident in which Sayyiduna 'Umar (radiyallahu 'anhu) told Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) soon after he accepted Islam, that I will be the first man to go to Jannah. Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) asked him how? So he replied that before Islam, I was…

18 Rajab 143726 April 2016

Du’a When Entering a Shopping Centre

QuestionPlease provide the reference for the following du'a: بسم الله، اللهم إني أسألك خير هذه السوق و خير ما فيها و أعوذبك من شرها و شر ما فيها، اللهم إني أعوذ بك أن أصيب فيها صفقة خاسرة Bismillah, allahuma ini asaluka khayra hadhihis suqi wa khayra ma fiha wa a’adhubika…

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"