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May, 2019

• 17 May

  An unreliable virtue of Tahajjud Salah

  Question Is this Hadith authentic and suitable to quote? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Tahajjud brings nur (celestial light) and brightness in the face during the day” (Ibn Majah)
• 17 May

  Honouring the elderly

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? ‘Part of glorifying Allah is honouring the grey-haired [elderly] Muslim.’
• 16 May

  The definition of ghibah (backbiting) in Hadith

  Question What is the definition of ghibah (backbiting) in Hadith?
• 16 May

  Whoever is deprived of carrying out good deeds in Ramadan is deprived of goodness

  Question I would like to know the reference for the following Hadith: Ramadan began and Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “This month has come and in it there is a night that is better than one thousand months. Whoever is deprived of [doing good in this month] is deprived of all goodness and no one is deprived of its …
• 15 May

  Allah Ta’ala loves three things; hastening to break the fast, delaying sehri and folding the hands in Salah

  Question Is this narration authentic? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Allah Ta’ala loves three things; Hastening to break the fast [when iftar time sets in], delaying the suhur [till the last time] and placing one hand on the other in Salah [placing the right hand on the left hand in Salah].”
• 15 May

  Whoever has been granted kindness has been granted goodness

  Question What is the status of the following Hadith? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever was given his share of gentleness/kindness, then he has been given a share of good. And whoever has been deprived from his share of gentleness/kindness, then he has been prevented from his share of good”
• 15 May

  Another version of the narration regarding Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum) greeting if a tree came between them

  Question Can you provide the reference for this narration? عن أنس بن مالك أن أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كانوا يكونون مجتمعين فتستقبلهم الشجرة فتنطلق طائفة منهم عن يمينها وطائفة عن شمالها فإذا التقوا سلم بعضهم على بعض
• 14 May

  Four thousand angels say amin to the du’a of one who completes the Quran

  Question Is this authentic: In Sunan Darimi, there is a narration of Humayd Al A’araj (rahimahullah) who states: “Whoever recites the Quran and then makes du’a, four thousand (4000) angels say amin to his du’a”
• 14 May

  The da’amis of Jannah; Children who pass away before puberty

  Question Could you reference this narration? Abu Hassan (rahimahullah) once said to Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu): “Two of my sons have passed away, can you narrate to me any Hadith from Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) which will console us for our loss?” He said, ‘Yes, [Nabi sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said] Their little ones [i.e. Children who pass …
• 14 May

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was sent to humanity, regardless of race

  Question Is there any reason why people are referred to as ‘احمر’ and ‘اسود’ as in the following Hadith? بعثت إلى كل أحمر وأسود
• 13 May

  Meaning of the Hadith ‘I was assisted through fear’

  Question Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “I have been made successful through terror.” Sahih Bukhari Is the reference and the translation correct?
• 13 May

  A narration stating Ibn ‘Abbas’s (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) view on carrion

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? It is reported that Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) said regarding carrion, “What is forbidden is what is eaten i.e. its meat. As for its skin, teeth, bones, fur and wool, they are permissible [to use].”
• 10 May

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) always broke his fast and then offered Maghrib

  Question Is this narration authentic? عن أنس قال: ما رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قط صلى صلاة المغرب حتى يفطر، ولو على شربة من ماء