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December, 2013

• 13 December

  To use the right hand when counting Dhikr

  Question I recently read an email which stated that our Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu’alaihi wasallam) prohibited the Sahabah (radiyallahu’anhum) from using their left hands to count when doing dhikr. Unfortunately I cannot find this email, and was hoping that you could find something in this regard and forward it to me. Jazakallah
• 11 December

  Reference for the incident of a Sahabi who didn’t have food

  Question During a lecture, I heard this story: A Sahabi (radiyallahu’anhu) asked his wife for something to eat. She said that there was nothing in the home to eat. He went to the masjid, prayed two rak’ahs, came back but still there was nothing He realised that there was something wrong with his salah. So he went back to the masjid, …
• 11 December

  Clarification of the Hadith that says some Sahabah drank wine

  Question I read a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari that mentions that Hamzah (radiyallahu’anhu) was drunk with some Ansar in an Ansari house. The Prophet (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam) and his companions saw him and told him not to do that. Is this correct and how did the Sahabah consume wine?
• 11 December

  Story of Hasan and Husayn (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) teaching an old man how to make wudu

  Question I would like to know whether the story of Sayyiduna Hasan and Husayn (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) who as children taught an old man how to make wudu properly is true and it’s source
• 11 December

  Allah has not sent down any sickness but has also sent a cure for it

  Question Kindly verify this Hadith: On the authority Ibn Mas’ud (radiyallahu ‘anhu) Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) is reported to have said, “Allah has not sent down any disease or sickness upon a people but that Allah has sent down a cure for it”
• 11 December

  Whoever gives me the good news of Safar departing…

  Question I need to know if this Hadith is authentic: ‘Anyone who gives me the good news that he survived Safar, I will give him the good news of that person’s entering Paradise.’
• 11 December

  Hadith: There is no sword better than Dhul Faqar and no man better than ‘Ali

  Question How sound is the Hadith : “There is no sword better than Dhul Faqar and no man better than ‘Ali”. Is it authentic or fabricated
• 11 December

  Hadith: If the ummah was to stop sinning

  Question Kindly verify the following hadith: If the ummah was to stop sinning, Allah would replace with an ummah that sins and then makes taubah
• 11 December

  Every human being is a sinner

  Question Please verify the following: Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said ” Every Human Being is a Sinner”
• 9 December

  Reading the English Translation of Sahih Bukhari

  Question Is it okay to read the translation of Sahih Bukhari by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan?
• 7 December

  Proofs for cutting the hand of a thief from the wrist

  Question: I wanted to ask a quick question about the verse in the Quran 5:38 that talks about cutting the hand of the thief. The sunnah says to cut at the wrist but I haven’t been able to locate any Hadith from Prophet (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam) that describe that he instructed that the hand should be cut at the wrist and …
• 7 December

  Reference for the Hadith regarding Tasbih Fatimi

  Question Can you please tell in which Hadith book it is stated the Hadith of the incident when Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) told Sayyidah Fatima (radiyallahu ‘anha) to read the tasbih-e-fatimi every night before bed when she wanted a servant to help her.
• 7 December

  Hadith: Women shaping eyebrows

  Question Is there a hadith forbidding a woman from shaping her eyebrows? please refer me to the narrator as well