Virtues of deeds – Hadith Answers

Commentary on the Hadith regarding offering Salah for forty days with the initial takbir

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Please explain regarding the Hadith on performing Salah for forty days in congregation, wherein a person will achieve two certificates.

Is it a condition for the forty days to be consecutive of can it be spread out?

Reciting the shahadah thrice after wudu

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Can you please confirm whether this Hadith narrated by Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu ‘anhu) is authentic or not and if the text is correct?

من توضأ فأحسن الوضوء ثم قال ثلاث مرات: اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له و اشهد ان محمدا عبده و رسوله، فتح له ثمانية أبواب الجنة من أيها شاء دخل

Virtue of praying four rak’ahs (Salatud Duha) in the morning

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Regarding the following Hadith, what is meant by “suffice”? Does it mean that Allah Ta’ala will protect one against misguidance and committing sins?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) has said:

‘Verily, Allah Ta’ala says: ‘O Son of Adam! Pray to me in the beginning of the day with four units [rak’ahs] and I shall thereby suffice you at the end of it.’ Read More »

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would revere the day of ‘Aashura and a miracle regarding his saliva

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What is the source of this Hadith?

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يعظم يوم عاشوراء، حتى إن كان ليدعوا بصبيانه وصبيان فاطمة المراضيع، فيقول لأمهاتهم: لا ترضعوهم إلى الليل ويتفل في أفواههم، فكان ريقه يجزئهم

Who is the likeliest to receive intercession from Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)?

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Narrated Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu): I said: “O Allah’s Messenger (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)! Who will be the luckiest person, who will gain your intercession on the Day of Qiyamah?” Allah’s Messenger (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: O Abu Hurayrah! ‘I have thought that none will ask me about it before you as I know your longing for the [learning of] Hadiths. The luckiest person who will have my intercession on the Day of Qiyamah will be the one who said sincerely from the bottom of his heart ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah’ [La ilaha illallah].'”

Is this Hadith authentic and if so which number as a reference is correct for this Hadith?

The great reward of a person through whom someone accepts Islam

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Is the following often quoted narration reliable?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said to ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) that if through you one person is guided it will be enough for your salvation

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) sought the virtue of fasting on ‘Aashura

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Is this narration authentic?

عن عبيد الله بن أبي يزيد، سمع ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما، وسئل عن صيام يوم عاشوراء فقال: ما علمت أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صام يوما يطلب فضله على الأيام إلا هذا اليوم ولا شهرا إلا هذا الشهر. يعني رمضان

An incident regarding Abu Bakr Al Miski

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I would like to know if this incident is true?

It is reported that Abu Bakr al-Miski was once asked: “We always find a good scent emanating from you, why or how?”

He replied: “By Allah, for years I have not used any perfume, but the reason for the good smell has to do with what I passed through. A woman once tricked me into entering her home. Then she closed and locked the door behind her, after which she began to seduce me. I became utterly bewildered as to what I should do, for I had no options before me. I said to her: “I need to go and purify myself.” She ordered her servant to take me to the bathroom, and when I entered it, I took faeces in my hand and wiped it all over my body. Then I returned to her in that state. Shocked to see me like that, the woman ordered that I be removed from her home. I left and immediately had a bath.

That very night I saw a dream; in it, it was said to me: “You have done that which no else has ever done before. I will make your smell good and pure in this world and in the hereafter.”

When I woke up, the smell of perfume was emanating from my body, and it has continued to emanate from my body until this very moment.”

Reciting ten verses of Surah Baqarah to retain the Quran

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Is there a narration something to the effect that states if a person recites Surah Fatihah, Surah Baqarah till ‘Muflihun’, Ayatul Kursi and ‘Aamanar Rasoolu…’ Then one won’t forget the Quran in the morning?

If there is, can it be quoted?