Latest Answers

November, 2020

• 26 November

  The example of a person’s family, wealth and deeds

  Question What is the authenticity of the Hadith in Kanzul ‘Ummal (Hadith: 42981) which starts with the words: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يوما لأصحابه: أتدرون ما مثل أحدكم ومثل أهله وماله وعمله؟ فقالوا: الله ورسوله أعلم، فقال: إنما مثل أحدكم ومثل ماله وأهله وولده وعمله كمثل رجل له ثلاثة إخوة، فلما حضرته الوفاة دعا إخوته فقال: إنه …
• 26 November

  Riba/usury will always end up in poverty and humiliation

  Question Is the following Hadith recorded in Musnad Ahmad authentic? “No matter how much interest you have it will decrease.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith: 3753)
• 26 November

  Status of the narrator, ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Uthman ibn Jabalah

  Question What is the status of the narrator ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Uthman ibn Jabalah?
• 25 November

  Did Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) have a cat named Muezza?

  Question Is there any authentic/sound narration supporting that Nabi’s (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) favourite cat was named Muezza/Mu’izza?
• 25 November

  Ninety nine snakes in the grave of the disbeliever

  Question How sound is the Hadith in Ibn Hibban reported by Abu Sa’id Khudri (radiyallahu ‘anhu) regarding ninety nine (99) snakes in grave of a disbeliever?
• 25 November

  Accolade of Sayyiduna Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

  Question Kindly verify if the following statement was made by Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) regarding Sayyiduna Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr (radiyallahu ‘anhu): “Among the believers are men who have been true to what they have pledged to Allah.” The Prophet then cast his Mubarak eyes over the battle field on which lay the dead companions of Mus’ab and said: “The Messenger …
• 25 November

  An unreliable virtue of walking with a cane

  Question Is this narration reliable? Virtue of walking with an ‘Asa (cane) “Walking with a stick is from humility. For each step, a person gets a thousand good deeds, and raising him a thousand levels.”
• 25 November

  Reciting Quran, praising Allah, sending salutations and seeking forgiveness

  Question Is this narration suitable to quote? قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من قرأ القرآن وحمد الرب، وصلى على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، واستغفر ربه فقد طلب الخير مكانه
• 24 November

  Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) chooses to remain aloof during the time of fitnah

  Question What is the explanation of the following part of the Hadith? فقال له: أنزلت في إبلك وغنمك، وتركت الناس يتنازعون الملك بينهم؟ The complete Hadith is as follows: حدثني عامر بن سعد، قال: كان سعد بن أبي وقاص في إبله، فجاءه ابنه عمر، فلما رآه سعد قال: أعوذ بالله من شر هذا الراكب، فنزل فقال له: أنزلت في إبلك …
• 24 November

  Those who engage in indecent talk and those who listen/spread it are equal in sin

  Question What is the reference for this Hadith? “The one who speaks obscene vile talk and the one who hears it are equal in the sin.”
• 23 November

  People will remain on good as long as they do not delay Maghrib

  Question What is the source of this Hadith? لا تزال أمتي بخير -أو قال على الفطرة- ما لم يؤخروا المغرب إلى أن تشتبك النجوم
• 23 November

  Humans and Jinn would be unable to lift an iron hammer from Jahannam

  Question How sound is the Hadith in Mustadrak Hakim (8773) that if one iron hammer from hell is kept on earth whole humans and jinn together will not be able to lift it?
• 23 November

  A query regarding a weak narrator in Sunan Tirmidhi

  Question In your answer here, you have stated that Imam Tirmidhi (rahimahullah) has declared the Hadith weak. But how is that when all the narrators are in Bukhari and Muslim?