Latest Answers

June, 2020

• 29 June

  Remaining steadfast and the importance of protecting the tongue

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Sufyan bin ‘Abdullah said: I said: “O Messenger of Allah! Inform me about a matter that I may hold fast to.” He said: ‘Say: My Lord is Allah, then be steadfast.’ I said: “O Messenger of Allah! What do you fear most for me?” So he took hold of his tongue and said: ‘This.'”
• 25 June

  The shortest chains in Sahih Bukhari

  Question I heard there are twenty three (23) Hadiths whose chain of narrators are only three (3) that are linked to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). Is this true? If so, which Hadiths are they?
• 25 June

  An unreliable narration regarding cleanliness

  Question Is this hadith reliable? ما طابت رائحة عبد قط إلا قل همه ولا نقيت ثياب عبد إلا قل همه
• 25 June

  Using medical treatments and medication

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Sayyiduna Usamah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “Some Bedouins asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah, can we treat our ill [by using medication]?’ He (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) replied, ‘Yes, O servants of Allah! Use remedies, for indeed Allah did not make a disease but He made a cure for it’ or he said ‘a remedy’, except for …
• 24 June

  Another virtue of those who walk to the masjid in the darkness

  Question Is this Hadith suitable to quote? “Those who frequent the Masjids in darkness, undoubtedly are the people who are immersed in Allah’s Mercy”
• 24 June

  Speaking lies blackens the face

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? ألا إن الكذبَ يُسَوِّدُ الوجهَ Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Speaking lies blackens the face.”
• 23 June

  The narrator; Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn ‘Abdillah ibn Mas’ud

  Question Is the narrator Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn ‘Abdillah ibn Mas’ud reliable?
• 23 June

  Land on which people gather will either curse them or seek forgiveness for them

  Question What is the reference for this Hadith? إن البقعة التي اجتمع فيها الناس تلعنهم أو تستغفر لهم
• 23 June

  The gruesome punishment of the inhabitants of Jahannam

  Question How sound is the Hadith in Sunan Tirmidhi (2587) wherein Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said that a person will be grilled by the fire until his upper lip is folded up reaching the middle of his head? Also explain regarding the strength of the chain, ‘Darraj reporting from Abul Haytham’
• 22 June

  The wudu of one who is in the state of wudu

  Question Kindly explain the meaning of wudu in the following Hadith? Sayyiduna Nazzal ibn Sabrah (rahimahullah) says that he was with Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) after performing Zuhr Salah whilst he sat with some people in the courtyard of the masjid. Water was then brought. He did masah of the face and the hands and then did masah of the …
• 22 June

  Authenticity of the Hadith regarding the person who makes this world his abode

  Question Kindly assist with the authenticity of this Hadith. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “This world is an abode for whom there is no abode, a wealth for one who has no wealth and the one who has no intelligence gathers it.”
• 19 June

  Wording of the thana in Janazah Salah

  Question Are the words ‘Jalla thana-uka’ which are added in the thana of Janazah Salah, found in any Hadith? I have come across these words in a narration of Musnadul Firdaws.
• 19 June

  Our Nabi’s (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) generosity

  Question Is there a Hadith which states: Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) received a garment from someone. When he wore it and came out, someone from the Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum) saw him and he asked Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) for it. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) immediately went to his house, wore his old clothes and gave the Sahabah …