16 August 2017
How to join up with Nabi (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam)
Question Please source, and authenticate this Hadith. “If you intend to link up with me (in Jannat), then take from this dunya so much which suffices for a horse-rider (travelling through the desert…
15 August 2017
The barakah of the du’a of Nabi (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam)
Question Is this Hadih authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) asked for water and a Jew gave him some, so Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) said to him, ‘May Allah make you…
15 August 2017
A fabricated narration on looking at a beautiful face
Question Is this authentic? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said, "To look at a beautiful/handsome face is worship."
8 August 2017
Ibrahim (‘alayhis salam) was the first to do certain things
Question Is this correct? Nabi Ibrahim ('alayhis salam) was the first to host a guest, the first to trim his moustache, the first to trim nails and remove unwanted hair, the first to circumcise and…
4 August 2017
An unauthentic description of Sayyidah Fatimah (radiyallahu ‘anha)
Question Is this Hadith reliable? Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu 'anhu) says: "I asked my mother [to describe] Fatimah (radiyallahu 'anha), the daughter of Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa…
22 July 2017
A Hadith mentioning benefits of clipping the nails on different days of the week
Question Is this narration authentic? The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) has said that, "He who cuts his nails on a Saturday will be spared from diseases, and he who cuts his nails…
21 July 2017
Why is the white turban best?
Question In the Hadith books, most of the narrations mention that our beloved Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wassalam) had a black turban on his head. Shaykhul Hadith Moulana Zakariyya (rahimahullah)…
11 July 2017
Removing unwanted hair and clipping one’s nails within forty nights
Question Which Hadith commands pairing the nails and removing unwanted hair within forty days?
10 July 2017
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) wore a Roman jubbah with tight sleeves
Question Is this Hadith reliable? Al Mughirah (radiyallahu 'anhu) reported, "Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) wore a Roman coat (jubbah) with tight sleeves"
4 July 2017
A Hadith on hair extensions
Question Is this Hadith authentic? When Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (radiyallahu 'anhu) came to Madinah for the last time and delivered a khutbah he took out a lock of hair and said, 'I thought that no one…
3 July 2017
Expressing happiness on ‘Eid is among the salient features of Islam
Question Where can I find the following statement of Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al 'Asqalani (rahimahullah)? إظهار السرور في الأعياد من شعار الدين Expressing happiness on 'Eid, is from the salient features of…
3 July 2017
An amazing incident of possessiveness and self honour
Question Could you mention the source of this incident? On one occasion a lady made a claim of five hundred gold coins against her husband in the court of Judge Musa ibn Ishaq, which the husband…
3 June 2017
Sufyan Thawri (rahimahullah) explains true asceticism
Question Who is this statement attributed to? "Asceticism is not only eating hard [bread] and wearing coarse clothing, but it is to curtail aspirations and to anticipate death"
2 June 2017
Maymun ibn Mihran (rahimahullah) on how a person can attain taqwa
Question Can you source this narration? Maymun ibn Mihran (rahimahullah) said: "A man will not attain true taqwa as long as he does not take reckoning of himself, and as long as he does not know the…
1 June 2017
Was ‘la ilaha illallah Muhammadur rasulullah’ engraved on the ring of Sulayman (‘alayhis salam)?
Question Can you kindly verify this? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: La ilaha illallah Muhammadur rasulullah was engraved on the ring of Nabi Sulayman ('alayhis salam)'