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17 Muharram 143610 November 2014

Status of Children Buried Alive in Jahiliyyah

QuestionWhat is the grade of the following Hadith and what does it mean? Sayyiduna Salamah ibn Yazid Al Ju'fi (radiyallahu 'anhu) said: "My brother and I came to the Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and said that our mother had passed away during jahiliyyah, she use to honour her guests,…

15 Muharram 14368 November 2014

Allah Ta’ala Curses Four Types of People

QuestionWhat is the grade of this narration? Sayyiduna Abut Tufayl (radiyallahu 'anhu) says: "Sayyiduna Ali (radiyallahu 'anhu) was asked, 'Did Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) give you something special which he did not give to anyone else?' He replied, Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam), did not give me anything special…

14 Muharram 14367 November 2014

A Sahabi Who Was Miraculously Freed

QuestionWhat is the authenticity and the full narration about the Sahabi who was tied up. Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) sent him a message through his father telling him to recite: "La hawla wa la quwwata illah billah" No sooner he recited this, the ropes tying him untied themselves.

14 Muharram 14367 November 2014

Authenticity of a Du’a to Be Recited in the Morning and Evening

QuestionWhat is the status of this Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever says three times when he gets up in the morning: 'A'udhu billahis sami'il 'alim minash shaytanir rajim' and he recites the last three verses of Surah Al-Hashr Allah appoints seventy thousand (70 000) angels who say…

14 Muharram 14367 November 2014

Hadith on the Blessings (Barakah) of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

QuestionWhat is grade of this Hadith? Ummu Ayman (radiyallahu 'anha) reports: "The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayh wa sallam) had a wooden cup in which he used to urinate (during night). In the morning he would tell, O Ummu Ayman, throw away the water in the cup. [She said:] So…

12 Muharram 14365 November 2014

Offering Optional Salah Between Maghrib and ‘Isha

QuestionIs the following Hadith authentic? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu 'anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallalahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever offers six rakats after Maghrib Salah, without evil talk in between, a reward equivalent to twelve years of worship is given to him"

12 Muharram 14365 November 2014

The Virtues of Reaching Old Age

QuestionPlease verify the authenticity of the following narration: "No one reaches forty years in Islam except that Allah protects him from madness, leprosy and leucoderma. When he is fifty, Allah makes easy his reckoning. When he reaches sixty, Allah grants him repentance. And when he reaches seventy, Allah loves him…

8 Muharram 14361 November 2014

Food Cooked for Guests

QuestionIs there a Hadith to the effect that one will not be accountable for the food he cooks for his guests?

7 Muharram 143631 October 2014

Warning Against Lengthening the Moustache

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of the following Narrattion? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) is reported to have said: "Whomsoever lengthens his moustache will be deprived of my intercession, will not drink from my pond (Hawd Al Kawthar), will be punished in the grave and the angel of death will come…

7 Muharram 143631 October 2014

Virtue of the Quraysh

QuestionIs the following narration authentic? Sayyiduna Rifa’ah ibn Rafi' (radiyallahu 'anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) once instructed Sayyiduna 'Umar (radiyallahu 'anhu): "Gather my people!' Sayyiduna 'Umar gathered them outside the room of Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and then went in and asked, 'O Rasulullah, should I…

19 Dhul Hijjah 143514 October 2014

Popular Hadith Regarding Sham (Syria)

QuestionIs this Hadith authentic? It is extensively shared on social media amongst the youth: Salamah ibn Nufail (radiyallahu 'anhu) said: While I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) a man came to him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah Horses are being humiliated (ignored), and…