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December, 2021

• 17 December

  Commentary of the Hadith on the foresight of a Believer

  Question What is the explanation of ‘firasah’ and is the Hadith “Beware the firasah of a believer” suitable to quote?
• 17 December

  Publicise/Announce the nikah and perform it in the Masjid

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? أعلنوا هذا النكاح واجعلوه في المساجد
• 16 December

  The status of the Hadith narrator, Yazid ibn Talq

  Question I am looking for information regarding the status of the Hadith narrator Yazid ibn Talq. Is he a reliable narrator? I saw his narration in Sunan Ibn Majah.
• 16 December

  A mistranslation of a Hadith on the virtue of growing a strand of white hair in the path of Allah

  Question Is this narration correct? Spending one’s youth in the path of Allah Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “A person will be blessed with perfect light on the Day of Qiyamah when he spends his youth in the path of Allah.” Sunan Nasai from Sayyiduna ‘Amr ibn ‘Abasah, Hadith: 3142
• 16 December

  The ill effect of spending time in the company of evil people

  Question Please advise if the following is authentic: Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “Keeping company with the evil people leads (one) to distrust and suspect even the best of people.” مجالسة الأشرار تورث سوء الظن بالأخيار
• 15 December

  The fragrance that emanated from the hands of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

  Question Could you give a reference for this please? Sayyiduna Wail ibn Hujr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “I shook the hand of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and for three days the fragrance of musk emanated from my hand.”
• 15 December

  Sulayman (‘alayhis salam) asks Allah Ta’ala for three favours

  Question Kindly mention the reference and the Arabic text of this Hadith? When Nabi Sulayman ibn Dawud finished building Baytul Maqdis/Masjid Al Aqsa, he asked Allah for three things: (1) Judgement that was in harmony with Allah’s judgement, and he was given that. (2) And he asked Allah for a dominion that no one after him would have, and he …
• 14 December

  Surah Nasr is equal to 1/4 of the Quran

  Question Is this correct? “Surah Nasr four times equals to one Quran”
• 14 December

  A person continuously receives reward when visiting the sick

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: من عاد مريضا لم يزل في خرفة الجنة قيل يا رسول الله وما خرفة الجنة؟ قال: جناها
• 14 December

  Status of the narrator Aban ibn Tariq Al Basri

  Question Is the Hadith narrator Aban ibn Tariq Al Basri a reliable narrator?
• 14 December

  Allah will not look mercifully at the person who engages in anal intercourse with a man or woman

  Question Is this narration reliable? ‘Abdullah ibn Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) relates that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: لا ينظر الله إلى رجل أتى رجلا أو امرأة في الدبر “Allah shall not [even] look [with kindness] at any man who enters another man or a woman in the anus.” Tirmidhi
• 13 December

  Salutations when it rains

  Question What is the authenticity of the following narration? When it is raining if you recite this salutation [durud] once, for every drop of rain that falls, you will receive ten good deeds, ten of your deeds will be forgiven and your rank will increase by ten: اللهم صل علي محمد بعدد قطرات الامطار Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin bi ‘adadi …
• 13 December

  Uttering words which displease Allah merely to make people laugh

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Laughter which enrages Allah is that of a man whilst speaking about (even) the Haqq and about batil doing so to evoke laughter. He will be cast into Jahannam to tumble [into its depths] for seventy years.