5 November 2014
Offering optional Salah between Maghrib and ‘Isha
Question Is the following Hadith authentic? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu 'anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallalahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever offers six rakats after Maghrib Salah,…
5 November 2014
The virtues of reaching old age
Question Please verify the authenticity of the following narration: 'No one reaches forty years in Islam except that Allah protects him from madness, leprosy and leucoderma. When he is fifty, Allah…
3 November 2014
Additional spending on ‘Ashura day
Question Is there an authentic Hadith that encourages additional spending on one's family on 'Ashura day?
1 November 2014
Food cooked for guests
Question Is there a Hadith to the effect that one will not be accountable for the food he cooks for his guests?
31 October 2014
Warning against lengthening the moustache
Question What is the authenticity of the following Narrattion? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) is reported to have said: 'Whomsoever lengthens his moustache will be deprived of my…
31 October 2014
Sending salutations (durud) upon Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) when forgetting something
Question Is the following authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: 'When you forget something then send salutations (durud) upon me, you will remember it if Allah wishes'
31 October 2014
Virtue of the Quraysh
Question Is the following narration authentic? Sayyiduna Rifa’ah ibn Rafi' (radiyallahu 'anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) once instructed Sayyiduna 'Umar (radiyallahu…
17 October 2014
Is one who is killed for speaking the truth (haq) a shahid?
Question Is the following statement correct? One who has been oppressively killed for saying what's right (not necessarily for spreading islam) or asking for his own right, is a shahid?
14 October 2014
Popular Hadith regarding Sham (Syria)
Question Is this Hadith authentic? It is extensively shared on social media amongst the youth: Salamah bin Nufail (radiyallahu 'anhu) said: While I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu…
3 October 2014
Did Rasulullah (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam) have a shadow?
Question Did the Nabi Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) have a shadow or not? Is there any Hadith for this?
26 September 2014
The reward for praying forty salah in Masjid Nabawi
Question Is the following Hadith authentic? Can these forty salah be nafl? "The person who offers forty prayers consecutively in my Masjid, without missing a prayer in between, will secure immunity…
26 September 2014
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) appointing Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) as his vicegerent
Question Kindly comment on the authenticity of the following narration as well as the correct explanation as the Shi'ah misinterpret the Hadith, Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said to Sayyiduna…
24 September 2014
Two rak’ats before Maghrib
Question Is there any sound Hadith about making two rak'ats before the fard of Maghrib? What is the correct meaning of this Hadith?
24 September 2014
Authenticity of Salatut Tasbih
Question What is the authenticity of the Hadiths that encourage Salatut Tasbih? I have heard some people label this a bid'ah.
24 September 2014
Allah Ta’ala testing his servant to raise his rank in Jannah
Question What is the original wording and authenticity of the following? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) has mentioned that sometimes Allah Ta’ala wishes to elevate the rank of a certain person…