Latest Answers

July, 2019

• 16 July

  Explanation of the words: Children of Isma’il (ولد إسماعيل)

  Question I have come across this statement in a few Hadiths wherein Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) mentions that the virtue of a certain action is like emancipating a slave from the children of Nabi Isma’il (‘alayhis salam). For example, Imam Muslim narrates: من قال: لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء …
• 16 July

  Seek Allah’s protection against all trials

  Question I am looking for the reference of the Hadith wherein Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Seek refuge with Allah from all fitnahs, the apparent ones and and hidden ones”
• 16 July

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would offer Salah behind a certain pillar

  Question What is the significance of this spot which was sought in the following Hadith? حدثنا يزيد بن أبي عبيد، قال: كنت آتي مع سلمة بن الأكوع فيصلي عند الأسطوانة التي عند المصحف، فقلت: يا أبا مسلم، أراك تتحرى الصلاة عند هذه الأسطوانة، قال: فإني رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يتحرى الصلاة عندها
• 16 July

  Be moderate in seeking sustenance, do not overexert yourself

  Question 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]”
• 15 July

  The reward for fulfilling the obligatory acts of wudu

  Question Your website mentions the high reward for performing wudu correctly, a persons minor sins will be forgiven. If a person sometimes didn’t perform his wudu with the all the Sunnah actions, can it be hoped that much of his previous minor sins will still be forgiven?
• 15 July

  The virtue of bringing up two daughters

  Question 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)
• 15 July

  A narration regarding the virtue of completing the Quran

  Question What is the authenticity of the following Hadith? “Whoever finished the Quran, sixty thousand (60 000) angels makes du’a for him.”
• 11 July

  Tu’aymah; the name of a Sahabiyyah (radiyallahu’anha)

  Question Was Tu’aymah [طعيمة] the name of any Sahabiyah?
• 11 July

  An unreliable narration about tidiness

  Question 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
• 11 July

  A du’a to find a lost item

  Question Is there any du’a to read to find a lost item?
• 11 July

  Reference for the famous Hadith, “Speak good or remain silent”

  Question Could you reference the narration? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Let the one who believes in Allah and the Last Day speak good or remain silent”
• 10 July

  Another Hadith on showing mercy to animals

  Question Is this Hadith reliable? عن معقل بن يسار، قال قلت يا رسول الله إني لآخذ العنز لأذبحها فأرحمها، قال وإن رحمتها رحمك الله
• 10 July

  Reciting ‘Subhanallahi wa bi hamdihi’

  Question Your website mentions the high reward for reciting ‘Subhanallahi wa bi Hamdihi’ (100 times), a persons minor sins will be forgiven. Does a person get the reward for doing the above each time, whenever he completes it, even if he only did them rarely in his lifetime?