Sahabah

28 Jumadal Akhirah 14377 April 2016

Du’a for a Good Death

QuestionI need your help with learning a masnun dua for a good death. Please let me know if the words quoted below are masnun or not. Kindly let me know the reference if they are masnun and suitable for practice as a Hadith. If they are not masnun, can you teach…

24 Jumadal Akhirah 14373 April 2016

Hadith on the Importance of Loving the Sahabah

QuestionIs this Hadith sahih? Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Mughaffal [radiyallahu ‘anhu] narrates that the Messenger of Allah said: “Allah, Allah! Fear Him with regard to my Companions! Do not make them targets after me. Whoever loves them loves them with his love for me; and whoever hates them hates them…

24 Jumadal Akhirah 14373 April 2016

Clarification of a Hadith in Sahih Muslim

QuestionWhat do the Hadith scholars say about this Hadith in Sahih Muslim. Narrated by Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas (radiyallahu ‘anhu): Muawiyah, the son of Abu Sufyan, gave an order to Sa’d, and told him: “What prevents you that you are refraining from cursing Abu Turab (nickname of ‘Ali)?” Sa’d…

23 Jumadal Akhirah 14372 April 2016

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah’s (radiyallahu ‘anhu) Hadith Tally

QuestionAbu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) stayed only two years with Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). But the number of Hadith referenced through him are more than any one else. Can you shed some light on this please?

14 Jumadal Akhirah 143724 March 2016

The Marriage of Sa’d Al Aswad As Sulami (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

QuestionIs this incident authentic? Sa’d Al Aswad As Sulami (radiyallahu ‘anhu) who was not good looking wanted to get married. But none wanted to marry their daughter to him. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) sent him to a Sahabi and he also initially refused to marry his daughter to Sa’d…

13 Jumadal Akhirah 143723 March 2016

The Letter of Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) to the River Nile

QuestionIs this incident authentic and suitable to quote: Ibn Kathir (rahimahullah) said: It was narrated to us via Ibn Lahiy’ah from Qays ibn al-Hajjaj from someone who told him: When Egypt was conquered, its people came to ‘Amr ibnul ‘As (radiyallahu ‘anhu) and said to him: O Amir, this Nile…

8 Jumadal Akhirah 143718 March 2016

The Name Hanzalah

QuestionI have heard that the name Hanzalah was the name of nearly twenty Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum). I would like to find out who are those Sahabah and more about them?

7 Jumadal Akhirah 143717 March 2016

Sayyiduna ‘Ali Praises Sayyiduna ‘Umar at his Funeral

QuestionIs this narration authentic? Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma): “While I was standing amongst the people who were invoking Allah for ‘Umar Ibn Al Khattab (radiyallahu ‘anhu) who was lying (dead) on his bed, a man behind me rested his elbows on my shoulder and said, ‘O ‘Umar! May Allah bestow…

6 Jumadal Akhirah 143716 March 2016

Ummu Ayman (radiyallahu ‘anha) Miraculously Given Water

QuestionIs the following narration authentic? Ummu Ayman (radiyallahu ‘anha) narrated: “When I was making Hijrah, I had no supplies or water with me, I was about to die of thirst. I was fasting, and when it was time to break my fast, I heard a noise above my head. So, I…

6 Jumadal Akhirah 143716 March 2016

The Miracle of Sayyiduna Khubayb (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

QuestionIs the following narration authentic? Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrated regarding when Khubayb ibn ‘Udayy (radiyallahu ‘anhu) was a prisoner of the Quraysh in Makkah: “By Allah, one day, I saw him eating from a bunch of grapes in his hand while he was locked in a steel cage,…

2 Jumadal Akhirah 143712 March 2016

Sayyidah Zinnirah Ar Rumiyyah (radiyallahu ‘anha) and the Miracle of Her Eyesight

QuestionIs this incident suitable to quote? When Zinnirah (radiyallahu ‘anha) was being tortured by the Mushrikun so that she would renounce her Islam, her eyesight was taken away. So, the Mushrikun said: “Lat and ‘Uzza [names of their idols] took away her eyesight!” So, she said: “Never, by Allah!” So,…

2 Jumadal Akhirah 143712 March 2016

The Miraculous Feats of ‘Ala Al Hadrami (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

QuestionIs the following narration authentic? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrated: “When Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) sent Al ‘Ala Al Hadrami on an expedition, I went with. I saw three amazing things, I am not sure which one is the most amazing. We reached the shore of the…

30 Jumadal Ula 143710 March 2016

“You Will Be My Companion at the Pond of Kawthar”

QuestionPlease provide the reference and authenticity of the narration wherein Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) “You will be my companion at the pond of Kawthar”