Answers from 1 November 2017

11 Safar 14391 November 2017

Virtue Is Based on Taqwa and Not Ethnicity

QuestionIs this Hadith authentic? يا أيها الناس، ألا إن ربكم واحد، وإن أباكم واحد، ألا لا فضل لعربي على عجمي، ولا لعجمي على عربي، ولا أحمر على أسود، ولا أسود على أحمر، إلا بالتقوى

11 Safar 14391 November 2017

An Unauthentic Virtue of Reciting Surah Shams

QuestionIf a person recites Surah Shams he will get the reward of giving sadaqah of everything that sunlight and moonlight has ever touched [i.e., whatever this world contains] Is this Hadith true?

11 Safar 14391 November 2017

What Defines a “Tabaqah” in a Hadith Chain?

QuestionMy question is in relation to the number of narrators found at every level, in order to class a narration as Mutawatir or Khabar wahid. What is meant by each stage (Tabaqah)? Many times, individuals narrate Hadith to people of their own age and their own generation. In this instance,…