25 Safar 14378 December 2015
Hadith on the Power of Du’a
QuestionWhat is the source of this tradition? "Nothing can change qada [al-mu'allaq]. Only du'a can change it; and only favours/goodness can lengthen one's lifetime."
Death
17 Safar 143730 November 2015
Musa (‘alayhis salam) and the Angel of Death
QuestionIs there a Hadith that the Angel of death came to Musa ('alayhis salam) to take his soul, but Musa ('alayhis salam) slapped/hit the angel, and burst his eye.
6 Safar 143719 November 2015
Death with Wudu is Martyrdom
QuestionI wanted to know what the grade of this Hadith is Sahih, Hasan or Da'if and whether it's allowed to practice upon: One should try to be in the state of wudu all the time. He who passes away in the state of wudu dies as a Shahid (martyr) (Majmauz…
29 Muharram 143712 November 2015
The Multiple Benefits of Using the Miswak
QuestionWhat is status of following narration? Please provide its original source, and can it be quoted? It is written in Fadail A'mal like this. (more or less) Some Ulama say that in punctual usage of Miswak has 70 benefits, one of which is that the person will get opportunity to…
14 Muharram 143728 October 2015
Does the Deceased Feel Anything?
QuestionIs it true that we should be very careful with a dead body because it can feel pain?
2 Muharram 143716 October 2015
An Unauthentic Virtue of One Who Memorises the Quran
QuestionWhat is the status of the Hadith which states that the earth does not consume the body of a Hafizul Quran?
27 Dhul Qa'dah 143611 September 2015
Is There a Virtue of Reciting “Allahumma Barik Fil Mawt” Twenty Five Times Daily?
QuestionIs there a virtue of reciting "Allahumma barik fil mawti wa fima ba'dal mawt" [O Allah! Bless me in death and in the stages after death] twenty five times daily?
24 Dhul Qa'dah 14368 September 2015
Reciting the last two verses of Surah Tawbah
QuestionWhat is the status of the following Hadith? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The one who continuously reads 'Laqad ja-akum Rasulum min anfusikum' till the end of the Surah [Surah Tawbah, verse 128 and 129] will not face a death through something collapsing on him, drowning, (being) burnt or…
4 Dhul Qa'dah 143619 August 2015
An Amazing Incident at the Time of Banu Israil Regarding a Dead Man Awakening From His Grave
QuestionKindly provide the reference for the following incident: There was a group from the Banu Israil who went to visit a graveyard. There they said, "How about if we pray two rak'ahs and ask Allah to resurrect someone, so we can ask him about death." So they prayed two rak'ahs…
25 Shawwal 143611 August 2015
Value Five Before Five Things Occur
QuestionKindly provide the correct sequence and the reference to the following narration: "Take benefit of five before five: your youth before your old age, your good health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free-time before your preoccupation, and your life before your death"
15 Sha'ban 14363 June 2015
The Severity of the Pangs of Death (Sakarat)
QuestionI heard the following narration in a bayan: Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "A dying person experiences the pain of three hundred (300) swords being pierced into his body" Kindly provide the reference and the authenticity.
25 Rajab 143614 May 2015
What to Recite When a Person Dies
QuestionUpon a person's death please tell me if the shahadah must be read as well as Surah Baqarah. Also does reading Quran, Yasin or du'as help the dead person?
16 Rajab 14365 May 2015
Hadith? “People Are Asleep, When They Die They Will Wake Up”
QuestionIs the following a Hadith? "People are asleep when they die they will wake up"
9 Rajab 143628 April 2015
Does Our Sins Affect the Deceased?
QuestionI understand that photography is a major sin, however I have heard some say that after a person dies if we send his pictures around, this causes inconvenience to the deceased (marhum). Is this substantiated from any Hadith?
28 Jumadal Ula 143619 March 2015
Clarification on a Hadith Regarding the Burial Place of ‘Isa (‘alayhis salam)
QuestionI have heard that the narration which states 'Isa ('alayhis salam) will be buried next to Muhammad (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) is weak. Is this correct?