21 February 2018
Enjoining good and forbidding evil, are deeds to be done openly and not secretly
Question What is the status of this narration? حدثنا أبو خيثمة، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يزيد بن خنيس، قال: سمعت وهيب بن الورد بن أبي الورد، مولى بني مخزوم قال: لقي عالم عالما هو فوقه في العلم، فقال: يرحمك…
19 February 2018
A narration stating that abundant salutations will ensure many spouses in Jannah
Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Those who sent the most salutations [durud] upon me, will have the most number of wives in Jannah"
15 February 2018
A follow up query on the reward of making fifty tawaf
Question I came across a Hadith regarding the reward of making fifty tawaf, a person will be free of sins. My question is, does this have to be completed in one trip or over a few visits?
1 February 2017
The reward for a blind person
Question Is this Hadith authentic? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "When I test My slave regarding the two things he loves [i.e his eyes] and he remains patient [anticipating the rewards…
25 January 2017
A reward for gifting milk or guiding a lost person
Question Please verify and translate this narration: من منح منيحة لبن أو ورق أو هدى زقاقا كان له مثل عتق رقبة
20 January 2017
One virtue of offering Salah in Masjidul Aqsa
Question I have come across a Scholar who quotes a Hadith wherein Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said that Nabi Sulayman ('alayhis salam) asked Allah for three favours. The third favour was that…
20 January 2017
Remembering Allah, The best deed and highest in rank
Question What is the authenticity of this Hadith? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Should I not inform you of the best of your deeds which are the purest in the sight of your Rabb, the…
23 December 2016
Reciting Surah Yasin on the eve of Friday
Question Is this this Hadith authentic? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu 'anhu) reports that Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever recites Surah Yasin on the eve of Friday he will be…
20 December 2016
Fasting and the Quran will intercede on behalf of a person on the Day of Qiyamah
Question What is the authenticity of the following? الصِّيام والقرآن يشفعان للعبد يوم القيامة يقول الصيام أي ربِّ منعته الطعام والشَّهوة فشفعني فيه ويقول القرآن منعته النَّوم بالليل فشفعني فيه قال…
13 December 2016
Musa (‘alayhis salam) asking Allah Ta’ala for a special dhikr
Question Nabi Musa (‘alayhis salam) once asked Allah Ta'ala to prescribe to him a dhikr whereby he could remember Allah. Allah Ta'ala said to him: "O Musa, recite 'la ilaha illallah'. Nabi Musa…
1 December 2016
When to recite Surah Waqi’ah?
Question I have been reading that the Hadiths regarding the benefits of Surah Waqi'ah increasing sustenance maybe weak. What is the authenticity and when should we recite it?
17 November 2016
The great virtue of assisting widows and the poor
Question Is this authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The person who assists and takes care of the widow and the poor is like the person who is striving in the path of Allah or…
16 November 2016
Another virtue of granting respite to a debtor or waiving off the debt
Question Is the following narration reliable? "Whoever grants respite to someone in difficulty or relieves him of his debt Allah will shade him on the Day of Qiyamah when there is no shade but His"
14 November 2016
A virtue of enjoining good and forbidding evil at the time of trials and tribulations?
Question What 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…
14 November 2016
Which action is the most virtuous?
Question Is the following Hadith suitable to quote: افضل الاعمال العلم بالله "The most virtuous action is the knowledge of Allah Ta'ala"