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August, 2019

• 28 August

  Removing shoes at the Masjid

  Question What is status of following narration and is it suitable to quote? تفقدوا نعالكم عند أبواب المساجد
• 28 August

  A narration on guests

  Question Is this a Hadith? كل بيت لا يدخل فيه الضيف لا تدخله الملائكة
• 28 August

  A Hadith regarding oaths

  Question What is the authenticity of this Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) heard a man taking an oath [using his father’s name] and said: ‘Do not take oaths using your father’s name. Whoever takes an oath by Allah, let him fulfil his oath, and if an oath is sworn for a person using Allah’s name, then he should be …
• 28 August

  ‘Abdullah’s ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) ruling regarding drums and musical instruments

  Question Is this narration authentic? عن ابن عباس قال: الدف حرام والمعازف حرام والكوبة حرام والمزمار حرام
• 27 August

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) deemed six things forbidden

  Question Is the following narrative authentic: عن ابن عباس أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم حرم ستة: الخمر والميسر والمعازف والمزامير والدف والكوبة
• 27 August

  A narration stating that du’as are accepted by the Mizab of the Ka’bah

  Question What is the status of this narration? قد روي عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال: ما أحد يدعو عند الميزاب إلا استجيب له It has been reported that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: Whoever supplicates at the Mizab [The water spout/gutter of the Ka’bah], his du’a will be accepted.
• 27 August

  A du’a to recite when hearing the Adhan asking Allah to open the locks of our hearts

  Question Regarding the du’a, ‘Allahummaf tah aqfala qulubina bi dhikrika’, how authentic is the narration? Are the words ‘Wa asbigh ‘alayna min fadhika’ part of this narration? What is meant by ‘locks on the heart’?
• 27 August

  Three forbidden things and three things that are disliked by Allah

  Question Is there a Hadith along these lines: Allah dislikes three people 1. Makes pledges he does not fulfil 2. Wasteful 3. One who asks a lot If so, who/what does the third person refer to?
• 27 August

  Another Hadith on the virtue of a large congregation in Janazah Salah

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “If a group of Muslims numbering one hundred, offer Janazah Salah over a dead person all of them interceding for him, their intercession for him will be accepted.”
• 26 August

  Salutations (durud) is a means of ‘afiyah

  Question What is authenticity of following narration? من صلى علي فتح الله عليه بابا من العافية
• 26 August

  ‘Uthman (radiyallahu ‘anhu) making du’a at the Mizab of the Ka’bah

  Question Is this narration authentic? أقبل عثمان بن عفان رضي الله عنه ذات يوم فقال لأصحابه ألا تسألوني من أين جئت؟ قالوا: ومن أين جئت يا أمير المؤمنين؟ قال: ما زلت قائما على باب الجنة، وكان قائما تحت الميزاب يدعو الله عنده
• 26 August

  Prepare for death

  Question Is this a Hadith or is a statement of someone else? موتوا قبل أن تموتوا Mutu qabla an tamutu 
• 26 August

  Meaning of part of a Hadith in Sahih Muslim regarding the abject poverty of a tribe from Mudar

  Question What is the translation of ‘مجتابي النمار’ in the following Hadith? عن المنذر بن جرير، عن أبيه، قال: كنا عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في صدر النهار، قال: فجاءه قوم حفاة عراة مجتابي النمار أو العباء، متقلدي السيوف، عامتهم من مضر، بل كلهم من مضر فتمعر وجه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لما رأى بهم من …