16 December 2013
Ruling on good deeds done before Islam
Question When a person accepts Islam, what happens to all the good deeds he did before Islam?
16 December 2013
Arabic books on importance of following a madhab
Question I have a concern regarding teaching someone to follow a madhhab. The person is from a background where the family does not adhere to following one specific madhhab. The person’s knowledge is…
16 December 2013
Fadail A'mal mentions Kashf, is this shirk?
Question In the book: Fada’il al-A’mal, first edition 1994 of the English translation. On the end of page 21 of Virtues of Salah, you will find the words ascribing kasha of “seeing sins falling…
16 December 2013
Kissing the fingers upon hearing the Shahadatain
Question Is the kissing of the fingers upon hearing the Prophet's (sallallahu'alaihi wasallam) name a Sunnah?
16 December 2013
Hadith on wigs
Question Ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu 'anhuma) narrated that Rasulullah (sallallahu'alayhi wasallam) said, “May the curse of Allah be on the women who joins (another person's) hair (to her own) and the one…
15 December 2013
Wiping the hands on the face after du’a
Question I heard that it is Sunnah to pass the hands over the face after du’a. A salafi scholar says that it is bida’h (an innovation) to do so. What is the proof that it is Sunnah to pass the hands…
13 December 2013
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.…
11 December 2013
Reference for the incident of a person 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…
11 December 2013
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…
11 December 2013
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 2013
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…
11 December 2013
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 Jannah.'
11 December 2013
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 2013
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 tawbah