7 November 2014
Authenticity of a du’a to be recited in the morning and evening
Question What is the status of this Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: 'Whoever says three times when he gets up in the morning: 'A'udhu billahis sami'il 'alim minash shaytanir…
7 November 2014
Hadith on the blessings (Barakah) of Nabi (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam)
Question What is grade of this Hadith? Ummu Ayman (radiyallahu 'anha) reports: 'The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayh wa sallam) had a wooden cup in which he used to urinate (during night). In…
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 ‘Aashura day
Question Is there an authentic Hadith that encourages additional spending on one's family on 'Aashura 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…