9 March 2021
The reward for loving, spending and meeting for the sake of Allah Ta’ala
Question Is the following narration authentic? عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: إن في الجنة لعمدا من ياقوت عليها غرف من زبرجد لها أبواب مفتحة تضيء كما يضيء الكوكب الدري قال قلنا يا رسول الله من…
5 March 2021
A follow up query regarding rewards being multiplied seventy times on Friday
Question I am aware that research has been done on the topic of actions being multiplied by 70 times on Jumu'ah/Friday. However I have found the narration in question in Mirqatul Mafatih and it would…
5 March 2021
An unreliable narration on the signs of Allah Ta’ala’s pleasure and anger
Question There is a narration recorded by Imam Bayhaqi (rahimahullah) that goes something like the following, but I have neither the full Hadith nor the title of the text. "When Allah is pleased with…
2 March 2021
A narration regarding safeguarding the Sunnah
Question Is this narration authentic? قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من حفظ سنتي أكرمه الله بأربع خصال المحبة في قلوب البررة و الهيبة في قلوب الفجرة و السعة في الرزق و الثقة في الدين……
1 March 2021
Practising on Sunnah when people abandon it
Question Regarding the Hadith, "Whoever revives a Sunnah at the time of corruption of my Ummah, will get the reward of a hundred martyrs." Does this reward apply to general Sunnahs as well, e.g. by…
22 February 2021
Fear the fire, even by means of half a date
Question Kindly provide the reference and translation of the following narration: ما منكم أحد إلا سيكلمه ربه ليس بينه وبينه ترجمان، فينظر أيمن منه فلا يرى إلا ما قدم من عمله، وينظر أشأم منه فلا يرى…
16 February 2021
Another narration regarding we have been informed of all deeds which will take us closer to Allah/Jannah
Question What is the reference for this Hadith? ما تركت شيئا يقربكم إلى الله إلا وأمرتكم به I have ordered you to carry out every [deed] that will draw you close to Allah……
16 February 2021
Charity by means of reciting Durud
Question Is there any Hadith which mentions that a person who recites the following Durud (salutation): Allahumma salli ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammadin ‘abdika wa rasulika wa salli ‘alal mu-minina wal…
2 February 2021
Istighfar/Seeking forgiveness before sleeping
Question What is the status of this Hadith? Narrated Abu Sa'id (radiyallahu 'anhu) that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever says when he goes to bed thrice: 'I seek the…
29 January 2021
Complete version of the Hadith: Actions are judged/rewarded according to their intentions
Question Kindly provide the reference in Sahih Bukhari wherein full mention is made of the Hadith ‘Actions are based on intention’.
28 January 2021
Authenticity of the narration regarding the grave of a scholar
Question What is the authenticity of this narration? "Seek [knowledge] and teach it to people, for I will certainly illuminate the grave of the teacher and the seeker so that they do not feel…
26 January 2021
Authenticity of the Hadith in Ibn Majah regarding the reward of visiting the sick
Question What is the authenticity of the Hadith you have mentioned here: Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reported that he heard Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) say: “Whomsoever visits…
21 January 2021
Another version of the Hadith regarding the reward of visiting the sick
Question Can you mention the source of this Hadith? 'Whoever comes to visit his Muslim brother (when he is sick), he is walking among the harvest of Jannah (Paradise) until he sits, then when he sits…
24 December 2020
Teaching women to write
Question There is a Hadith that says don’t teach women ‘kitabat’ (to write). (Al-Mishkat and Abu Dawud) First of all what did Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) mean by ‘kitabat’? Is it the…
18 December 2020
Deeds will take different forms on the day of Qiyamah
Question Kindly provide me with the authenticity of the following: إن المؤمن يمثل له عمله يوم القيامة في أحسن صورة وأحسن ما خلق الله وجها وثيابا وأطيبه……