Reference – Hadith Answers

The du’a of Mu’adh ibn Jabal (radiyallahu ‘anhu) at the time of Tahajjud

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Please provide a reference and authenticity for this du’a:

When Sayyiduna Mu’adh ibn Jabal (radiyallahu ‘anhu) would offer the Tahajjud prayer at night, he would recite the following du’a:

“O Allah! My eyes are asleep whilst the stars are shining brightly. You are the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. O Allah! My desire to attain paradise is lacking and I am weak and lack the strength to escape from the hellfire. O Allah! Enable me to become among the guided, and save this for it to be granted to me on the Day of Qiyamah. Surely You do not go against Your promise.”

A query regarding a du’a for Ramadan

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I am looking for the reference for this du’a:

Ramadan du’a: Day 7

اَللّهُمَّ اَعِنّي فيهِ عَلى صِيامِهِ وَقِيامِهِ، وَجَنِّبْني فيهِ مِنْ هَفَواتِهِ وَ اثامِهِ، وَارْزُقْني فيهِ ذِكْرَكَ بِدَوامِهِ، بِتَوْفيقِكَ يا هادِي الْمُضِلّينَ

Allahumma a’inni fihi ‘ala siyamihi wa qiyamihi wa jannibni fihi min hafawatihi wa athamihi war zuqni fihi dhikraka bidawamihi bi tawfiqika ya hadiyal mudillin

Translation: O Allah! on this day, help me with its fasts and prayers, and keep me away from mistakes and sins of the day, grant me that I remember You continuously through the day, by Your assistance, O the Guide of those who stray

Be mindful of your children’s Salah and ensure that they are habitually carrying out good deeds

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Please confirm the reference of this narration:

حافظوا على أبنائكم في الصلاة، ثم تعودوا/وعوّدوهم الخير؛ فإنما الخير بالعادة

Become habitual with carrying out good deeds

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Please confirm the reference of this narration:

تعودوا الخير فإنما الخير بالعادة

Hakim Tirmidhi’s (rahimahullah) statement about reformation of five types of people

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Imam Tirmidhi (rahimahullah) said:

“The rectification and benefit of the youth is in the knowledge. The rectification and benefit of the middle-aged person is in the Masjid. The benefit of the woman is in the home. The benefit of the one who harms (others) is in the prison.”

What is the reference for this? I checked Sunan Tirmidhi but could not find it?

Making du’a when reciting Verse 124 of Surah Al An’am

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Is there a Hadith to this effect?

A guaranteed acceptance of du’a:

Read the Verses in Surah Al-An’am where the name of Allah appears twice and make du’a between the two. This is the ayah in the eight Juz (Verse: 124):

مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ رُسُلُ اللّهِ اللّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ

mithla ma utiya Rusulullah Allahu a’lamu haythu yaj’alu risalatah

That which was given to the messengers of Allah. Allah is most knowing of where He places His message.

A du’a Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) made in Salah

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Can you provide the Arabic text of this du’a, the reference and the full text of the du’a?

“O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation, keep me alive so long as You know that living is good for me and cause me to die if You know that death is better for me. O Allah, I ask you to be able to fear You in secret and in public. I ask You to make me speak the truth in times of happiness and anger…”

A Scholar has to continue seeking knowledge in order to see to the needs of people

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What is the reference for this Hadith?

من طلب العلم لنفسه فالقليل منه يكفي، ومن طلب العلم لحوائج الناس فحوائج الناس كثيرة

A Hadith in Sunan Tirmidhi regarding whoever passes away and is free of three things will enter Jannah

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Kindly provide the reference for this Hadith:

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من فارق الروح الجسد وهو بريء من ثلاث: الكنز، والغلول، والدين دخل الجنة

The stingy person and the coward should make dhikr

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What is the reference of this Hadith?

من ضن منكم بالمال أن ينفقه، وخاف العدو أن يجاهده، وخاف الليل أن يكابده فليكثر من قول: لا إله إلا الله، وسبحان الله، والحمد لله، والله أكبر

Abu Hazim Salamah ibn Dinar (rahimahullah) was unperturbed by inflation and rising costs

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Please mention the reference for this narration and the Arabic text:

It was said to Abu Hazim Salamah Ibn Dinar: “O Abu Hazim, do you not see how prices have increased?” He replied, “And what worries you about that? Indeed, the One Who provides for us when prices are low is the One Who provides for us when prices are high.”

Wording of the Hadith on deceiving

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Is there any Hadith from any source with the words, “من غش ليس منا” as opposed to “من غشنا فليس منا”

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever deceives us is not from among us.”

The Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum) would treat their children equally even in seemingly trivial matters

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I am looking for this Hadith and the Arabic wording:

“They liked for a man to be fair between his children, even in the kisses.”