25 May 2015
Any virtue for eating melons?
Question Rasullah (sallallahu'alayhi wasallam) said: "None of your women who are pregnant and eat of water melon will fail to produce off spring that is good in countenance and good in character." Is…
18 May 2015
Fabricated Hadith on the pomegranate
Question Rasulullah (sallallahu'alayhi wasallam) said about the pomegranate: 'it cleanses you of Satan and evil aspirations for forty days.' Is this sound?
21 April 2015
Benefits/harms of the mushroom
Question Rasulullah (sallallahu'alayhi wasallam) said that mushroom is a good cure for the eyes; it also serves as a form of birth control and arrests paralysis. Is this sound?
14 April 2015
Drink water in sips, not gulps
Question Rasulullah (sallallahu'alayhi wasallam) said the best drink in this world is water, when you are thirsty drink it by sips and not gulps, gulping produces sickness of the liver. Is this…
18 March 2015
Every pomegranate has a seed from Jannah?
Question I have recently read a Hadith about pomegranates. Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu 'anhu) narrated that Rasulullah (sallallahu'alayhi wasallam) said, "There is not a pomegranate which does not…
3 March 2015
Benefit of cleaning the plate after meals
Question Is it authentic that: If you eat everything on your plate, the plate makes du'a for you?
2 December 2014
The virtues of dates and vinegar
Question What is the authenticity of the following narrations? 1. A house which has dates will never suffer hunger. 2. A household which has vinegar is not short of gravy.
11 August 2014
When serving, to cover the pot for barakah
Question Its commonly said when serving food to cover a portion of the pot with the lid for barakah. Is this correct?
21 June 2014
Wudu after eating camel meat?
Question Should we perform wudu after eating camel meat refer to the below mention Hadith? If not why? Jabir ibn Samurah (radiyallahu 'anhu) narrated: A man asked the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu…
20 June 2014
Hadiths prohibiting wine/alcohol
Question Kindly verify the following Hadiths relating to wine: 1) Wine is the gatherer of sin 2) Wine is the route to indecency and is one of the major sins 3) …And do not take to drinking, for that…
24 May 2014
Another du’a to be recited after eating
Question Is the following authentic? If a person recites the following du'a after eating, he will not be questionable regarding the food: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هُوَ أَشْبَعَنَا وَأَرْوَانَا…
14 May 2014
Is salt before meals a cure for seventy illnesses?
Question I heard when eating food it is sunnah to start by eating salt,a person who starts dinner by eating salt at the beginning will be saved from 70 diseases, is this Hadith sahih and suitable to…
5 May 2014
Is there another du’a to be recited while eating?
Question Is there any narration which states the reading of Ya Wajidu whilst eating?
18 April 2014
Sunnah postures of eating
Question Is there a Hadith regarding sitting in a specific posture while eating? What is the grade of the Hadith?
21 March 2014
Eating on a raised platform
Question How did Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wasalam) have meals on the floor? i.e. the food was on the floor or how was it? Can the following be regarded as sunnah or in conformity to Sunnah: a person…