Tag Archives: Bismillah

June, 2022

• 8 June

  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 east, the winds stopped, the ocean stood still, the animals started hearing it, fire was rained upon Shaytan and Allah took an oath upon His Honour and said, “Whoever …

September, 2021

• 20 September

  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 breath he takes.”

April, 2021

• 15 April

  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 finished. We asked Allah’s messenger how that was, and he replied, “We mentioned Allah’s name when we ate, then one who ate …

January, 2020

• 30 January

  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 ذلك، فصلى ودعا الله تعالى فأوحى الله تعالى إليه: يا عيسى، كان هذا العبد عاصيا ومذ مات كان محبوسا في عذابي، وكان قد …

November, 2017

• 8 November

  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, Allah will erase four thousand evil deeds and will raise his rank [in Jannah] by four thousand”

March, 2017

• 4 March

  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” (Since it is made up of nineteen letters).

August, 2015

• 12 August

  Hadith about commencing matters with Bismillah

  Question Is the following a Hadith? ‘Every matter which is started without bismillah is useless’