5 June 2023
An untraceable virtue of Bismillah
Question The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever recites 'Bismillah' 21 times after 'Isha Salah will not be harmed by epidemics and will be protected against sudden…
8 June 2022
Arabic text of the Hadith about when Bismillah was revealed
Question Please provide the Arabic text of the following if possible: It comes in a Hadith narrated by Sayyiduna Jabir (radiyallahu 'anhu): When Bismillah was revealed, the clouds moved towards the…
20 September 2021
A narration stating the virtue of reciting Bismillah twenty one times before sleeping
Question I wanted to know if the following is authentic and found in Hadith? "Whoever says 'Bismillah' 21 times before falling asleep, Allah tells the angels to write down a good deed for every…
15 April 2021
Taking Allah’s name before eating
Question What is the grading of the following Hadith? "We were with the Prophet when food was presented to him, and I never saw food which had greater blessing when we began to eat, or less when we…
30 January 2020
A narration regarding ‘Isa (‘alayhis salam) seeing a sinner being punished in the grave
Question What is the status of this narration? مر عيسى ابن مريم عليه السلام على قبر فرأى ملائكة العذاب يعذبون ميتا، فلما انصرف من حاجته مر على القبر فرأى ملائكة الرحمة معهم أطباق من نور، فتعجب من…
8 November 2017
A Huge reward for reciting Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim?
Question Is this Hadith authentic? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whomsoever recites Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim once, Allah Ta'ala will record for each letter, four thousand good deeds,…
4 March 2017
Reciting Bismillah will save a person from the guards of Jahannam
Question Is the following narration appropriate to quote? "Whoever desires to be saved from the nineteen dreadful guards over Jahannam known as Zabaniyah, he should recite Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim"…
12 August 2015
Hadith about commencing matters with Bismillah
Question Is the following a Hadith? 'Every matter which is started without bismillah is useless'