11 November 2019
The importance of consulting/mashwarah
Question Is this narration authentic? عن ابن عباس، قال: لما نزلت هذه الآية {وشاورهم في الأمر} [آل عمران: ١٥٩] قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «أما إن الله ورسوله غنيان عنهما، ولكن جعلها الله رحمة…
25 July 2019
A narration regarding the date palm
Question What is status of following narration? قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «أكرموا عمتكم النخلة فإنها خلقت من الطين الذي خلق منه آدم وليس من الشجر يلقح غيرها»، وقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه…
11 July 2019
An unreliable narration about tidiness
Question What is status of following narration? أن النبي مر بركوة من ماء، فنظر فيها، فسوى من رأسه ولحيته، فقلت: وأنت تفعل هذا يا رسول الله؟ فقال: «ينبغي للرجل إذا خرج إلى أصحابه أن يسوي من رأسه…
9 November 2018
An unreliable virtue of childbirth
Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Each time a woman breastfeeds her child/[gives birth] she receives the reward of freeing a slave"
24 October 2018
A narration on killing hornets/wasps
Question What is status of following narration? من قتل زنبورا كتب له ثلاث حسنات (Al Kamil)
5 September 2018
There are many avenues of good
Question I am looking for a reference for the following Hadith: الخير كثير وقليل فاعله
11 April 2018
A Hadith stating that divorce causes Allah’s throne to shake
Question What is the status of this narration? لا تطلقوا فإن الطلاق يهتز منه عرش الرحمن
14 March 2018
A Hadith regarding poverty and the name Muhammad
Question Is this narration authentic? لا يدخل الفقر بيتا فيه اسمي
21 February 2018
Four evil characteristics
Question What is the status of the following narration? أربعة من الشقاء: جمود العين، وقسوة القلب، وطول الأمل، والحرص على الدنيا
23 January 2018
Al-Kamil of Imam Ibn ‘Adiy (rahimahullah)
Question I was wondering, what is the book Al-Kamil fid Du'afa, of Imam Abu Ahmad, 'Abdullah ibn 'Adiy (rahimahullah) about? Does it have a section called the munkarat/rejected narrations?
29 November 2017
Making du’a for mercy for the entire ummah
Question Is this authentic? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The best du'a/most beloved du'a to Allah Ta'ala is to say 'O Allah! Have mercy on the entire ummah of Muhammad (sallallahu…
24 November 2017
Eating seven ‘Ajwah for seven days
Question Is it stated in any Hadith that eating seven 'Ajwah dates every morning for seven days will save a person from being affected with black magic etc.?
23 November 2017
An unreliable narration on the virtue of setting out to seek knowledge
Question Is the following Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever goes out to learn a chapter of knowledge, with the intention of benefiting himself and to teach…
1 June 2017
Was ‘la ilaha illallah Muhammadur rasulullah’ engraved on the ring of Sulayman (‘alayhis salam)?
Question Can you kindly verify this? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: La ilaha illallah Muhammadur rasulullah was engraved on the ring of Nabi Sulayman ('alayhis salam)'
18 August 2016
A narration regarding enjoining good and forbidding evil
Question Is the following Hadith reliable? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever enjoins good and forbids evil is the vicegerent of Allah, the Quran and Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa…