Salah – Page 10 – Hadith Answers

The number of rak’ahs in Tarawih

Question

What is the correct opinion with regards to the number of rak’ats of Tarawih? Is it eight or twenty?

Objection by a brother regarding leaving Madinah for propagating Islam

Question

A brother in the Path of Allah (Tabligh), after the bayan, narrated the virtues that praying in Masjidul Ḥaram has 100,000 times rewards and praying in Masjidun Nabawi has 50,000 times rewards, but the Sahabah still left Arabia to spread the Din.

In response, a brother raised the following question:

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) migrated to Madinah, and even after conquering Makkah, returned to Madinah again. He also spent the rest of his life mostly in Madinah. We have to follow the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam), so what should we do?

Please give us a brief explanation in light of the abovementioned facts.

A question about ‘Rabbana lakal hamd’

Question

Has the additional word ‘Asshukr’ been narrated in any hadith for the dhikr from raising from ruku’. Saying:

rabbana lakal hamd wasshukr.

I’ve heard many brothers say this especially those who speak arabic. May Allah reward your efforts and increase you in knowledge

Mention of whistling in Hadith

Question

Nowadays many mobile phones have a whistling ring tone,

1) What is mentioned in the Hadith regarding whistling?

2) Is this considered the same as music and thus the person will be sinful?

Proof for spacing the surahs in salah

Question

Is there any reference from the sunnah for the issue wherein the fuqaha say that it’s makrooh to leave 1 small surah in qisar mufassal during salah?

For example, if I recite surah lahab in the 1st rak’at, then in the second rak’at I cannot recite surah falaq because I will be leaving out 1 small surah in between.

I found the fatwa in shami but there is no mention of a Hadith.

So on what basis do we say it’s makrooh?

An unauthentic form of Salah to be recited on Friday eve

Question

Is the following Hadith authentic?

“Whomsoever performs two units of Salah on the eve of Friday, reciting Surah Fatihah and fifteen times Surah Zilzal in each rak’ah, Allah will protect him from the punishment of the grave and from the horrors of the Day of Qiyamah”

Placing the fingertips in the ears while calling the adhan

Question

Is the following a hadith: Place both the fingers in your ears whilst giving azaan

Ten proofs for offering sunnah/nafl salah before the Jumu’ah salah

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Can you please send me Hadiths with reference for sunnah salah before the fard of Jumuah?

JazakAllah

Is there any specific form of Salah to be performed on the 15th of Sha’ban?

Question

I would like to know the procedure for nafl [optional] Salah for the fifteenth (15th) of Sha’ban.

An unauthentic reward for performing Tarawih Salah

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Is the following Hadith authentic?

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

“Whomsoever reads Salah at night [in Ramadan], will get one thousand five hundred [1500] rewards for each sajdah, and Allah will build for him a house in Jannah from rubies which will have sixty thousand [60 000] doors. Each door leads to a gold palace embedded with red rubies… “

An unauthentic form of Salah to be recited on Thursday night and sending the reward to one’s parents

Question

Is the following narration authentic?

The prayer for one’s parents is a Sunnah, due to the following Hadith:

“Whoever prays two rak’ahs on the eve of Friday, between Maghrib and ‘Isha in which he recites in each rak’ah Surah Fatihah, Ayatul Kursi, Surah Ikhlas, Surah Falaq and Surah Nas five times each. After completing the Salah he says ‘Astaghfirullah’ fifteen times and sends the reward of this Salah to his parents would have fulfilled the rights of his parents, even if he had not been dutiful towards them. Allah will bestow him with that which He bestows upon those of great faith and the martyrs”

The obligation of Salatul Witr

Question

Please provide the source for the following Hadith:

“Witr is a duty, so he who does not observe it is not of us.”

Are there variations of this Hadith in which the last part, “he is not of us”, is repeated multiple times and is there a difference of opinion regarding its grading?

An unauthentic virtue of a specific salah on the twenty seventh (27th) of Rajab

Question

Could you kindly confirm the following Hadith:

“Whoever prays twelve rakats on the night of twenty seventh of Rajab, in every rakat recites Surah Fatihah and any other Surah from Quran. After every two rakats recites Tashahhud and ends with salam. Thereafter recites one hundred times: “Subhan Allahi Wal Hamdulillahi Wa Laa ilaah illal Lahu Wallah Hu Akbar”, “Astagfirullah” one hundred times and sends one hundred salutations (durud) on Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) Thereafter makes du’a for his/her religious and worldly matters and fasts the next day. Then Allah Ta’ala will accept all of his/her dua’s. As long as dua’s are not made of sins”