Authentication – Page 2 – Hadith Answers

‘Umar’s (radiyallahu ‘anhu) statement regarding hope and fear

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Is this correctly attributed to Umar radiyallahu anhu:

عن عمر بن الخطاب، قال: لو نادى مناد من السماء: أيها الناس، إنكم داخلون الجنة كلكم أجمعون إلا رجلا واحدا، لخفت أن أكون هو، ولو نادى مناد: أيها الناس، إنكم داخلون النار إلا رجلا واحدا، لرجوت أن أكون هو

Warning against speaking lies in business transactions

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Is this authentic?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Allah will not speak to nor will he look [with mercy] at the person who takes a false oath that he has been offered more for his goods than he has actually been offered.”

An unreliable narration regarding the punishment of those who criticise and backbite

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What is authenticity of following narration?

عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله تعالى عنه , أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم , قال: ليلة أسري بي إلى السماء مررت بقوم يقطع اللحم من جنوبهم ثم يلقمونه ثم يقال لهم كلوا ما كنتم تأكلون من لحم أخيكم فقلت: يا جبريل من هؤلاء؟ قال: هؤلاء من أمتك الهمازون اللمازون يعني المغتابين

Salutations (durud) will rescue a person on the sirat (bridge)

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Sayyiduna ‘Abdur Rahman bin Samurah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports, “On one occasion, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) came to us and said, ‘Last night, I saw something extraordinary in a dream. I saw a man from my ummah who was crossing the sirat [the bridge over Jahannam]. At times, he was crawling, at other times, he was dragging himself on his behind, and sometimes, he was hanging onto the bridge [about to fall into Jahannam]. Suddenly, his salutations [durud] that he would recite upon me in the world came to him. It then held his hand, helped him to stand up on the bridge and assisted him to cross over it.”

Authenticity and commentary of the Hadith regarding combing the hair every alternate day

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Is the following authentic?

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Mughaffal (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) forbade combing the hair except every alternate day.

A form of dhikr more beloved to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) than the entire world

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Is this narration authentic?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The uttering of these words; ‘Hallowed be Allah, all praise is due to Allah, there is no Deity but Allah and Allah is the Greatest’

is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises [i.e. the entire world].”

Another version of the Hadith regarding the Salah of repentance (Salatut tawbah)

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Is this Hadith authentic?

ما من رجل يذنب ذنبا ثم يقوم فيتطهر ثم يصلي ثم يستغفر الله إلا غفر الله له ثم قرأ هذه الآية والذين إذا فعلوا فاحشة أو ظلموا أنفسهم ذكروا الله فاستغفروا لذنوبهم

Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum) would keep their beards clean

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Ibrahim An Nakha’i (rahimahullah) said: “They [The Sahabah radiyallahu ‘anhum] used to trim their beards on the sides.” (Sharhus Sunnah).

Take an oath only if you are speaking the truth

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What is the authenticity of this Hadith?

لا تحلفوا بآبائكم ولا بأمهاتكم ولا بالأنداد ولا تحلفوا إلا بالله ولا تحلفوا بالله إلا وأنتم صادقون

Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum) would neaten their beards

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Is this narration authentic?

Ibrahim An Nakha’i (rahimahullah) said: “They [The Sahabah radiyallahu ‘anhum] used to trim the hair [from the area below the chin] and trim from the sides [of the beard, the hair exceeding one fist].”