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January, 2020

• 21 January

  A woman from a previous ummah who was miraculously given food

  Question Is this incident authentic? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports an incident from Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) that from the people of the past there was a husband and wife who were extremely poor. On one occasion the husband arrived from a journey and entered his home suffering from pangs of hunger. He asked his wife ‘Do you …
• 21 January

  Du’a for the safety of one’s body, hearing and eyesight

  Question What Sunnah du’a can a person recite for safety and ‘afiyah of the body as well as good health of the eyesight and hearing?
• 21 January

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would turn his face away when seeing the moon

  Question What is the reason Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would turn his face away in the following Hadith? أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا رأى الهلال صرف وجهه عنه
• 20 January

  A mother’s marital advice to her daughter

  Question Can you provide please the authenticity and the Arabic text of this narration? Asma bintu Kharijah al Fazari said to her daughter when she was getting married: “You have left a nest in which you grew up and proceeding to a bed which you know not and a companion with whom you are not familiar. So become for him …
• 20 January

  None is a true Believer until he believes in four things

  Question What is the reference for this Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “No slave of Allah is a [true] believer, until he believes in four things: He bears witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah; and He has sent me with the Truth. He believes in death. …
• 20 January

  Another version of the Hadith prohibiting searching for the faults of the Muslims

  Question Regarding your answer here, can you provide the authenticity and Arabic text of the other narration with slight variation in the wording recorded in  Sunan Tirmidhi and Sahih Ibn Hibban?
• 17 January

  Another narration on the intentions people will have when performing Hajj and ‘Umrah

  Question Kindly translate and authenticate this narration. عند ذلك يا سلمان يحج الناس إلى هذا البيت الحرام تحج ملوكهم لهوا وتنزها وأغنياؤهم للتجارة ومساكينهم للمسألة وقراؤهم رياء وسمعة
• 17 January

  A narration regarding the plotting and guile of women

  Question  عن أبي هريرة قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إن كيد النساء أعظم من كيد الشيطان لأن الله تعالى يقول: إن كيد الشيطان كان ضعيفا وقال: إن كيدكن عظيم
• 16 January

  Shaytan becomes ecstatic when a believer commits murder

  Question عن أبي موسى، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: إذا أصبح إبليس بث جنوده، فيقول: من أضل اليوم مسلما ألبسته التاج، قال: فيخرج هذا، فيقول: لم أزل به حتى طلق امرأته، فيقول: أوشك أن يتزوج، ويجيء هذا فيقول: لم أزل به حتى عق والديه، فيقول: أوشك أن يبر، ويجيء هذا، فيقول: لم أزل به حتى أشرك فيقول: أنت …
• 16 January

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) rectifying a Sahabi reciting Quran

  Question What is the authenticity of the following Hadith? يا أبي قوم لسانه وعلمه فإنك مأجور فإن الذي أنزله لم يلحن فيه، ولا الذي أنزل به، ولا الذي أنزل عليه، فإنه قرآن عربي مبين I wanted to know if it is suitable to narrate as a virtue and the meaning of ‘qawwim lisanahu’.
• 16 January

  A query regarding the authors of the Sihah Sittah and the narrator Jarir ibn ‘Abdil Hamid

  Question Have Imams Bukhari, Muslim, Nasai, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah (rahimahumullah) taken Hadiths which go through Jarir ibn ‘Abdil Hamid ibn Qurt? Please mention the Hadith number in Sahih Bukhari wherein Jarir ibn ‘Abdil Hamid reports from Mughirah.

December, 2019

• 20 December

  Prohibition against wishing for death

  Question I am searching for the Hadith which states ‘None of you should wish for death, rather recite a du’a.’
• 20 December

  An unreliable virtue of sweeping the Masjid

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? من كسح بيتا من بيوت الله فكأنما حج أربعمائه حجة وغزا أربعمائة غزوة وأعتق أربعمائة نسمة وصام أربعمائة سنة