Trials

4 Jumadal Akhirah 14383 March 2017

Stay in Your Home During the Time of Fitnah

QuestionKindly provide the reference for this Hadith Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "There will come after me a tribulation like the dark of night, in which a man will awaken as a believer and enter evening as a disbeliever, or awaken as a disbeliever and enter evening as a…

18 Jumadal Ula 143815 February 2017

Every Era Will Be Worse than the Previous Era

QuestionIs this narration authentic? "Be patient till you meet your Rabb, for no time will come upon you but the time following it will be worse than it"

27 Rabi'ul Akhir 143826 January 2017

O Allah, Protect My Islam in All Conditions and Do Not Inflict Any Trials Upon Me

QuestionPlease provide the reference and translation of this du'a اللهم احفظني بالإسلام قائما واحفظني بالإسلام قاعدا واحفظني بالإسلام راقدا ولا تشمت بي عدوا ولا حاسدا Allahummah fazni bil Islami qaima wahfazni bil Islami qa'ida wah fazni bil Islami raqida wa la tushmit bi 'aduwaw wa la hasida

24 Rabi'ul Awwal 143824 December 2016

Remaining Steadfast on the Quran and Enduring Punishment During the Time of Fitnah

QuestionIs the following narration authentic and what does it mean? خذوا العطاء ما دام عطاء، فإذا صار رشوة في الدين فلا تأخذوه، ولستم بتاركيه، يمنعكم الفقر والحاجة، ألا إن رحى الإسلام دائرة، فدوروا مع الكتاب حيث دار، ألا إن الكتاب والسلطان سيفترقان، فلا تفارقوا الكتاب، ألا إنه سيكون عليكم أمراء…

13 Safar 143814 November 2016

A Virtue of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil at the Time of Trials and Tribulations?

QuestionWhat is the authenticity of this narration? إن لهذا الدين إقبالا وإدبارا، ألا وإن من إقبال هذا الدين أن تفقه القبيلة بأسرها حتى لا يبقى إلا الفاسق، والفاسقان ذليلان فيها، إن تكلما قهرا واضطهدا، وإن من إدبار هذا الدين، أن تجفو القبيلة بأسرها، فلا يبقى إلا الفقيه والفقيهان، فهما ذليلان…

21 Rajab 143729 April 2016

Difficulties and Hardships, A Sign of Iman

QuestionCan this Hadith be quoted? "O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is tried most severely?" He said: "The Prophets, then those nearest to them, then those nearest to them. A man is tried according to his religion; if he is firm in his religion, then his trials are…

26 Safar 14379 December 2015

Trials and Tests, a Means of Expiation of Sins

QuestionPlease provide the reference for this narration. "The believing men and women continue to be under trial with regards to their selves, their children, and their wealth until they meet Allah without any sin"

20 Rajab 14369 May 2015

Stones Aiding the Muslims in Battle

QuestionIs the following Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "You will fight against the Jews and you will kill them until even a stone would say 'come here, O Muslim, there is a Jew, so kill him'" There are other versions as well, including one that mentions the…

18 Rajab 14367 May 2015

The Reward of Fifty Sahabah

QuestionPlease relate the Hadith wherein Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) mentions a time, wherein a person who adheres to the Commandments of Allah Ta'ala will receive the reward of fifty Sahabah (radiyallahu 'anhum)

19 Jumadal Akhirah 14369 April 2015

How to Guide Those Gone Astray

QuestionWe are today living in a period where many youngsters choose the wrong path. They are brainwashed and believe that is the right path. How can we explain with proof that they are following the deviated path?