Family – Hadith Answers

An incident regarding Khadijah (radiyallahu ‘anha) at the demise of Qasim (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

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What is the reference and authenticity of this incident?

A Sahabiya’s child past away. She came to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) crying. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Shall I show you your child in Jannah?” She replied, “No, my eyes may deceive me, but your words are true.”

Teaching children how to perform Salah when they are young

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Is this Hadith authentic?

Ibn Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) said: “A child should be taught to pray if he knows his right from his left.”

An unreliable narration on the virtue of buying something for one’s family and carrying it

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Is this narration authentic?

Buying for one’s family and carrying it:

“Whoever buys something for his family and then carries it with his hands to them the sin of seventy years will be forgiven from him.”

The sin of engaging in anal intercourse

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Is this narration reliable?

لا ينظر الله إلى رجل جامع امرأته في دبرها

An unreliable narration regarding the call of the angels when a girl is born

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When a baby girl is born a caller says

ضعيفة خرجت من ضعيفة

Is this authentic?

A proverb regarding relatives

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Is this a Hadith?

الاقارب كالعقارب

Women can achieve the reward of jihad by being dutiful to their husbands

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What is the translation and status of this Hadith?

عن ابن عباس، رضي الله عنهما، قال: جاءت امرأة إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالت: يا رسول الله إني وافدة النساء إليك هذا الجهاد كتبه الله على الرجال فإن نصبوا أجروا، وإن قتلوا كانوا أحياء عند ربهم يرزقون ونحن معاشر النساء نقوم عليهم فما لنا من ذلك؟ قال: فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: أبلغي من لقيت من النساء أن طاعة الزوج واعترافا بحقه يعدل ذلك وقليل منكن من يفعله

Severing family ties is a sign of Qiyamah

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Is this narration authentic?

“If you have not spoken to family members for so many years, you are a sign of the end.”

You will certainly be with the ones that you love

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Kindly provide the reference and authenticity of the following narration:

عن أنس رضي الله عنه قال: جاء رجل إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: يا رسول الله متى الساعة؟ قال: وما أعددت للساعة؟ قال: حب الله ورسوله، قال: فإنك مع من أحببت قال أنس: فما فرحنا، بعد الإسلام فرحا أشد من قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: فإنك مع من أحببت قال أنس فأنا أحب الله ورسوله، وأبا بكر وعمر، فأرجو أن أكون معهم، وإن لم أعمل بأعمالهم

An unauthentic du’a to be recited at the time of being shown a new born baby

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Is the following du’a appropriate to be read for a baby at the time of birth, and is it authentic?

اللهم اجعله بارا تقيا رشيدا و أنبته في الإسلام نباتا حسنا

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The bounty of a pious wife

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What is the source of these words?

من رزقه الله امرأة صالحة فقد أعانه على شطر دينه، فليتق الله في الشطر الباقي

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands

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Is this narration authentic?

Narrated Qays ibn Sa’d:

I went to al-Hirah and saw them (the people) prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, so I said: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) has most right to have prostration made before him. When I came to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), I said: I went to al-Hirah and saw them prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, but you have most right, Messenger of Allah, that we prostrate before you. He (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) replied: ‘Tell me, if you were to pass my grave, would you prostrate yourself before it?’ I said: ‘No.’ He then said: ‘Do not do so. If I were to command anyone to make prostration before another I would command women to prostrate themselves before their husbands, because of the special right over them given to husbands by Allah.

Your parents are your means of entering Jannah or Jahannam

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What is the authenticity of this Hadith?

Regarding rights of parents Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “They are either your [means of entering] Jannah or your [means of entering] Jahannam.”