24 June 2021
Prepare for death before you pass away
Question What is the source and reliability of the following Hadith? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "O Tariq, prepare for death before death."
14 November 2020
Translation of the words بَرِّدْ على صاحِبِك
Question Kindly provide the translation for the following words of the Hadith: قال: بَرِّدْ على صاحِبِك، ثم عَجِّلْ قضاءَه، ثمَّ لَقِيه عن عبدالله بن عمر رضي الله عنه قال: مات ميتٌ، فمروا على رسولِ…
18 August 2020
Translation of the word يَتَوَقَّصُ
Question Kindly explain the words فَجَعَلَ يَتَوَقَّصُ به that have appeared in the following Hadith: عن جابر بن سمرة رضي الله عنه قال: صَلّى رَسولُ اللهِ ﷺ على ابْنِ الدَّحْداحِ: ثُمَّ أُتِيَ…
15 July 2020
A narration regarding the virtue of passing away on a Friday
Question What is the authenticity and source of the below hadith ما من مسلم أو مسلمة يموت في يوم الجمعة أو ليلة الجمعة إلا وقي عذاب القبر وفتنة القبر، ولقي الله ولا حساب عليه، وجاء يوم القيامة ومعه…
9 March 2020
Death in relation to what is to come after death will seem easy and insignificant
Question Kindly inform me if this is the words of a Hadith? "Death in relation to what is after is just like a headbutt of a goat"
21 February 2020
Another version of the Hadith regarding the severity of death and the Hereafter
Question Regarding your answer here, please provide the full narration as recorded in Tabarani. Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)…
24 January 2020
Authenticity of the Hadith regarding the call of the grave
Question What is the authenticity and the Arabic text version of this Hadith you have answered here: Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu 'anhu) says: "Once we walked with a janazah in the company of…
26 August 2019
Prepare for death
Question Is this a Hadith or is a statement of someone else? موتوا قبل أن تموتوا Mutu qabla an tamutu
26 June 2018
Warning against women following the bier to the graveyard
Question Is this Hadith sahih? Sayyiduna 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr narrates: 'While we were traveling with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam), he saw a woman, and did not think that he…
14 May 2018
Reciting the Shahadatayn before death
Question An Imam told me that when someone is about to pass away from the world, he should say the entire Shahadah, (La ilaha illallah Muhammadur rasulullah), not just La ilaha illallah. I am…
2 May 2018
Ayyub As Sakhtiyani (rahimahullah) would become saddened when hearing the news of the demise of someone from the Ahlus Sunnah
Question Kindly provide the reference for this narration: "When Ayyub As Sakhtiyani (rahimahullah) would be informed of the death of someone from the 'Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah', he would say it is as…
28 March 2018
Prepare for the grave
Question What is the reference of this Hadith? عن البراء قال كنا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في جنازة فجلس على شفير القبر فبكى حتى بل الثرى ثم قال يا إخواني لمثل هذا فأعدوا……
7 June 2016
Meaning of a statement attributed to Fatimah (radiyallahu ‘anha)
Question What is referred to by 'masaib' in the following statement? 'Subbat alayya masaibu law annaha subbat 'alal ayyami sirna layaliya'
2 June 2016
An incident regarding Ibrahim (‘alayhis salam), the Angel of death and Allah
Question Is this Hadith authentic? When the Angel of Death came to Nabi Ibrahim (‘alayhis salam), he said to him, "Allah has commanded me to take your soul!" Ibrahim (‘alayhis salam) responded, "What…
4 May 2016
Imam Shafi’i’s visits to the grave of Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahumallah)
Question I want to know the authenticity of this incident and the reliability of the narrators of this story. Imam Shafi'i (rahimahullah) used to visit the grave of Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah),…