Hadith Answers An online source for Hadith Fatwas
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Is this Hadith authentic?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Be moderate in seeking worldly things for everyone will be facilitated for which he was created [i.e. each person will only receive what is predestined for him]”
Authentication
The virtue of bringing up two daughters
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Is this Hadith authentic?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“If anyone brings up two girls [by taking care of them until they reach the age of puberty], he and I will enter Jannah like these two [fingers], pointing with his [index and middle] fingers. (Tirmidhi)
A narration regarding the virtue of completing the Quran
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What is the authenticity of the following Hadith?
“Whoever finished the Quran, sixty thousand (60 000) angels makes du’a for him.”
An unreliable narration about tidiness
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What is status of following narration?
أن النبي مر بركوة من ماء فنظر فيها فسوى من رأسه ولحيته فقلت وأنت تفعل هذا يا رسول الله فقال ينبغي للرجل إذا خرج إلى أصحابه أن يسوي من رأسه ولحيته فإن الله عز وجل جميل يحب الجمال
Another Hadith on showing mercy to animals
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Is this Hadith reliable?
عن معقل بن يسار، قال قلت يا رسول الله إني لآخذ العنز لأذبحها فأرحمها، قال وإن رحمتها رحمك الله
Various forms of charity
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Can this narration be quoted?
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Your smiling face to your brother is an act of charity. Your commanding good and prohibiting evil is an act of charity.”
Pride/Vanity is worse than minor sins
On the Day of Qiyamah some people will be allowed to intercede on behalf of a large group
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Is this Hadith authentic?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Verily, from amongst my Ummah, there will be some people [i.e. ‘Ulama, martyrs and the pious] who will intercede for a large group of people and some who will intercede for a tribe, and some who will intercede for a small group, and some who will intercede for a single man, until they all enter Jannah”
Authenticity of the narration regarding Musa (‘alayhis salam) asking Allah how to make shukr
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Is this narration authentic:
عن عبد الله بن سلام، قال: قال موسى لربه يا رب ما الشكر الذي ينبغي لك؟ قال: لا يزال لسانك رطبا من ذكري
A narration regarding the knowledge of ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu)
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Is this Hadith authentic?
Salman Al-Farisi reported: “Ali is the most knowledge from my Ummah after myself.” Ad Daylami
The good deeds and evil deeds of a child
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Is the following Hadith authentic?
Sayyiduna Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) once said: “The good deeds of a minor child are recorded in the account of his father or both his parents,but his evil deeds are not recorded, neither in his parents account nor in his own. After he has attained puberty, the pen now writes against him, and the two angels that are attached to him are commanded to be weary and become strict…”
A du’a after wudu
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Is this Hadith authentic?
Sayyiduna Abu Sa’id (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever performs wudu and says: ‘Subhanakallahumma wa bihamdika ash-hadu al la ilaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayka’
(O Allah, You are pure and all praises are due to You. I bear witness that there is no god besides You. I seek forgiveness from You and I repent to You)
These words will be written on a paper and then sealed. The seal will not be broken till the day of Judgement.
Honey mixed with water
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Is the following established?
Ibn Qayyim (rahimahullah) said, “The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) used to drink honey and water first thing in the morning. In it is a hidden cure for the preservation of one’s health. None will benefit from it except the intelligent.” (Zadul Ma’ad)