Question What is the authenticity of the following narration : Malik ibn Hubayrah states that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “A person upon whom three rows perform Janazah Salah, Jannah/Allah’s forgiveness is compulsory for this person”
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Does the deceased feel anything?
Question Is it true that we should be very careful with a dead body because it can feel pain?
Read More »Reciting a certain dhikr one hundred times daily
Question Is the following Hadith authentic? “Whomsoever recites ‘La ilaha illalahul malikul haqqul mubin’ one hundred times daily, this will be a means of protection against poverty, he will be safe from the loneliness of the grave, and by virtue of this dhikr, he will knock on the door of Jannah”
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Question What is the status of the Hadith which states that the earth does not consume the body of a Hafizul Quran?
Read More »An amazing dream of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
Question What is the authenticity of the following? Sayyiduna ‘Abdur Rahman ibn Samurah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that once Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) came out to us and said: “Last night I saw a marvelous dream. I saw a man from my Ummah and the Angel of Death approached him to take his soul, but the man’s obedience to his …
Read More »Why is the last row preferred in the janazah salah?
Question What is the proof that the best saffs in janazah salah are the last saff?
Read More »The forbidden times for nafl salah
Question The Ulama say performing nawafl salah after Fajr until sunrise, at zawal time and from ‘Asr to Maghrib is not permissible. Can you cite the authentic narrations to suggest this?
Read More »Is it wrong to cry over the deceased?
Question Please clarify if someone cannot control his tears while remembering his beloved child who has passed away, is there anything wrong with this? I have read that when tears flow, it is a kind of mercy from Allah and it is not haram.
Read More »Is there a virtue of reciting ‘Allahumma barik fil mawt’ twenty five times daily?
Question Is there a virtue of reciting ‘Allahumma barik fil mawti wa fima ba’dal mawt’ [O Allah! Bless me in death and in the stages after death] twenty five times daily?
Read More »Reciting the last two verses of Surah Tawbah
Question What is the status of the following Hadith? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The one who continuously reads ‘Laqad ja-akum Rasulum min anfusikum’ till the end of the Surah [Surah Tawbah, verse 128 and 129] will not face a death through something collapsing on him, drowning, (being) burnt or being struck by iron”
Read More »An amazing incident at the time of Banu Israil regarding a dead man awakening from his grave
Question Kindly provide the reference for the following incident: There was a group from the Banu Israil who went to visit a graveyard. There they said, “How about if we pray two rak’ahs and ask Allah to resurrect someone, so we can ask him about death.” So they prayed two rak’ahs and asked Allah Ta’ala to resurrect one of the …
Read More »Was Sayyiduna Sa’d ibn Mu’adh punished for urine?
Question What is the source of the story that Sayyiduna Sa’d ibn Mu’adh (radiyallahu ‘anhu) was punished in the grave for being careless about urine. is this story authentic?
Read More »Value five before five things occur
Question Kindly provide the correct sequence and the reference to the following narration: “Take benefit of five before five: your youth before your old age, your good health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free-time before your preoccupation, and your life before your death”
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