Sahabah

8 Jumadal Ula 143627 February 2015

Question Regarding Hadith Numbers in Sahih Muslim

QuestionI read the following Hadith in an email: Sayyidatuna Asma bint Abu Bakr (radiyallahu 'anha) had a garment that belonged to Rasulullaah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam). Whenever anyone fell ill in Madinah, the garment would be washed, the water given to the ailing person to drink and the garment draped…

11 Safar 14364 December 2014

Hadith Explaining the Best Thing for a Woman

QuestionIs the following authentic? Once when Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) asked Sayyidatuna Fatimah (radiyallahu 'anha), "What is best for women?" She spontaneously responded: "That no male sees her nor does she see any male." Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) was so elated with her apt response that he commented:…

24 Muharram 143617 November 2014

Sahabah Who Were Miraculously Given Water

QuestionWhat is the authenticity and the full narration regarding Sahabi in Jail who was not provided water by his jailer. The Sahabi then made du'a and rain fell for him in the basement of the Jail?

17 Muharram 143610 November 2014

Status of Children Buried Alive in Jahiliyyah

QuestionWhat is the grade of the following Hadith and what does it mean? Sayyiduna Salamah ibn Yazid Al Ju'fi (radiyallahu 'anhu) said: "My brother and I came to the Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and said that our mother had passed away during jahiliyyah, she use to honour her guests,…

14 Muharram 14367 November 2014

A Sahabi Who Was Miraculously Freed

QuestionWhat is the authenticity and the full narration about the Sahabi who was tied up. Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) sent him a message through his father telling him to recite: "La hawla wa la quwwata illah billah" No sooner he recited this, the ropes tying him untied themselves.

14 Muharram 14367 November 2014

Hadith on the Blessings (Barakah) of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

QuestionWhat is grade of this Hadith? Ummu Ayman (radiyallahu 'anha) reports: "The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayh wa sallam) had a wooden cup in which he used to urinate (during night). In the morning he would tell, O Ummu Ayman, throw away the water in the cup. [She said:] So…