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December, 2021

• 3 December

  Imam Shafi’i cautions against debating and arguing with everyone

  Question What is the reference for this narration and who is it the statement of? من إذالة العلم أن تناظر كل من ناظرك وتقاول كل من قاولك
• 3 December

  Ensuring that one recites a portion of Quran daily

  Question What is the reference for this Hadith? We used to consider it to be on of the greatest sins that a man learns the Quran and goes to sleep without reciting something from it. عن أبي العالية قال كنا نعد من أعظم الذنب أن يتعلم الرجل القرآن ثم ينام لاَ يقرأ منه شيئا
• 3 December

  The three types of beneficial knowledge

  Question Can you provide the correct wording and reference for the following narration? العلم ثلاثة وما سوى ذلك فهو فضل: آية محكمة، أو سنة قائمة، أو فريضة عادلة
• 2 December

  Clarification regarding the narration on offering twenty rak’ahs after Maghrib Salah

  Question Is this narration authentic? Who ever performs six rak’ahs between Maghrib and ‘Isha Salah, Allah  Ta’ala will build for him a palace in Jannah. (Tirmidhi)
• 1 December

  An incident regarding Khadijah (radiyallahu ‘anha) at the demise of Qasim (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

  Question What is the reference and authenticity of this incident? A Sahabiya’s child past away. She came to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) crying. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Shall I show you your child in Jannah?” She replied, “No, my eyes may deceive me, but your words are true.”
• 1 December

  When a Believers wealth is stolen, he is given the reward of sadaqah

  Question Is this a Hadith? “Whatever is stolen from a Muslim is sadaqah.”
• 1 December

  A virtue of offering four rak’ahs of Salah

  Question What is the status of this narration: Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever performs 4 raka’hs of Salatud Duha is as though he has read this Salah on Laylatul Qadr.” [Shu’abul Iman: 8553]

November, 2021

• 30 November

  A virtue of Surah ‘Adiyat

  Question Is this correct? “Surah ‘Adiyat two times equals one Quran”
• 30 November

  An unreliable narration regarding ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) offering Salah seven years prior to anyone

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? عن علي رضي الله عنه قال: إني عبد الله، وأخو رسوله، وأنا الصديق الأكبر لا يقولها بعدي إلا كاذب، صليت قبل الناس بسبع سنين قبل أن يعبده أحد من هذه الأمة
• 29 November

  Teaching children how to perform Salah when they are young

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Ibn Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) said: “A child should be taught to pray if he knows his right from his left.”
• 29 November

  The Hadith regarding olive oil being a cure for seventy illnesses

  Question Is the Hadith which states that olive oil is a cure for seventy diseases authentic?
• 25 November

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) spent three nights with Ummu Salamah (radiyallahu ‘anha) after marriage

  Question What is the translation of the following part of the Hadith? إنه ليس بك على أهلك هوان عن أم سلمة أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لما تزوج أم سلمة أقام عندها ثلاثا، وقال: إنه ليس بك على أهلك هوان إن شئت سبعت لك وإن سبعت لك سبعت لنسائي
• 25 November

  Meaning of the word حليف

  Question Kindly explain the meaning of the word حليفه in the following Hadith: عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: جاءت سهلة بنت سهيل إلى النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالت يا رسول الله إنى أرى فى وجه أبى حذيفة من دخول سالم وهو حليفه. فقال النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم: أرضعيه . قالت: وكيف أرضعه وهو رجل كبير؟ فتبسم رسول …