3 September 2018
The Days for ‘Aqiqah
Question Is there a Hadith in Al Mu’jamul Awsat of Imam Tabarani (rahimahullah) and Majma'uz Zawaid that Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) said: The 'Aqiqah is on the seventh or the fourteenth or…
30 August 2017
Can one sheep/goat suffice for many people in Udhiyah/Qurbani?
Question Recently on social media people were saying that there is no need to slaughter more than one sheep or goat per household. They quoted the following Hadiths to substantiate this: 1. Narrated…
17 February 2016
A narration prohibiting observing Non-Muslim holidays
Question What is the authenticity of this Hadith? Whoever builds [a home] in the land of the foreigners [that is, the non-Muslims] and observes their Nayruz [Persian New Year] and Mahrajan [a Persian…
21 October 2015
Second Jama’ah in a Masjid
Question Is there a Hadith that talks about one should not make another fard salah in Jama'ah in the same masjid? Example one set of people make 'Asr salah in Jama'ah in the masjid. Then another…
19 May 2015
The obligation of Salatul Witr
Question Please provide the source for the following Hadith: "Witr is a duty, so he who does not observe it is not of us." Are there variations of this Hadith in which the last part, "he is not of…
3 June 2014
Starting a new recital of Quran when completing
Question When completing a khatam of the Holy Quran, normally we read till Muflihun (in Surah Baqarah). Is this a Hadith or practice of the pious?