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What is the authenticity of the narration regarding a drought during the time of Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) answered here?
Authentication
Announcing a lost item in the Masjid
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Is this Hadith authentic?
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) is reported to have said, “Whoever hears a person announcing a lost item in the Masjid then he should say, “May Allah not return it to you for verily the Masjid has not been built for this purpose.”
Valuing a strand of the blessed hair of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam)
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Kindly provide the reference and authenticity of the following narration:
Ibn Sirin (rahimahullah) has said: “I said to ‘Abidah (rahimahullah): ‘We have some of the hair of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) which we got from Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) or from his family.’
‘Abidah (rahimahullah) replied. “No doubt if I had a single strand of that [hair], it would have been dearer to me than the whole world and whatever is in it.” Read More »
Eat, drink and wear nice garments but abstain from wastage
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Is this Hadith authentic?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Eat, drink and give sadaqah but abstain from wastefulness and pride.”
‘Abdullah Ibn Muhayriz’s statement on speaking in the Masjid
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Is this narration authentic?
Ibn Muhayriz (rahimahullah) is reported to have said: “Speaking in the masjid is idle talk, except for one who is praying, or remembering his Rabb, or asking for good or giving good.”
An unauthentic punishment for discarding Salah
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Is this Hadith authentic?
انا الشجاع الاقرع امرني ربي ان اضربك على تضييع الصلاة
Allah Ta’ala shows Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) Baytul Maqdis
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Kindly provide the reference and authenticity of the Hadith where the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) could see Baytul Maqdis from Makkah when the Quraysh rejected his message. Read More »
Du’a for increased sustenance
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Is this du’a from Hadith?
For plentiful rizq (sustenance) and total independence recite the following du’a one hundred (100) times after ‘Isha and 100 times after Fajr.
اللهم كما صنت وجهي عن السجود لغيرك فصن وجهى عن المسئلة لغيرك
Allahumma kama sunta wajhi ‘anis sujudi li ghayrika fasun wajhi ‘anil mas-alati li ghayrika
“O Allah, as you have preserved my face [honour] by safeguarding me from making sajdah to others, do save my face [honour] by safeguarding me from stretching my hands before others.”
The masjid is not a place for futile talk or raising the voice
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Is this narration authentic?
‘Umar ibnul Khattab built an area [outside] the Masjid called al-Butayha and said, “Whoever wishes to talk nonsense or recite poetry or raise his voice should go to that area.”
Durud Tunjina
Another version of the du’a for protecting one’s family and to avert trials
Eating in the Masjid
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Is this Hadith authentic?
‘Abdullah ibnul Harith (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “In the time of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) we used to eat bread and meat in the Masjid.”
A narration stating that speaking in the Masjid consumes good deeds
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Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) is reported to have said, “Talking in the Masjid consumes good deeds just as animals consume grass.”