Tag Archives: Knowledge

December, 2017

• 15 December

  Only speak good during Tawaf

  Question Can you provide the reference for this narration? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Tawaf around the Ka’bah is similar to Salah, except that you speak during Tawaf. Whoever speaks during Tawaf, let him speak nothing but good [i.e. dhikr or beneficial knowledge]”

November, 2017

• 30 November

  Imparting knowledge is among the best forms of Sadaqah

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “There is no charity which people spend that is equal [in reward] than the imparting of knowledge”
• 23 November

  An unreliable narration on the virtue of setting out to seek knowledge

  Question Is the following Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever goes out to learn a chapter of knowledge, with the intention of benefiting himself and to teach others, Allah will record the worship of one thousand (1000) years for each step he takes”
• 21 November

  Prohibition of posing difficult questions

  Question What is the authenticity of the following Hadith? “Soon a time will come where people will pose difficult/complex questions to the Fuqaha [Jurists]. These are the worst of my Ummah”
• 20 November

  Three good qualities

  Question What is the status, translation and explanation of the following Hadith Sharif: ثلاث لا يغل عليهن قلب مسلم: إخلاص العمل لله، والنصح لأئمة المسلمين، ولزوم جماعتهم
• 13 November

  Hadith on the status of ‘Ulama

  Question What is the status of the narration that goes more or less, ”The ‘Ulama over the people is like Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) over the least of the ummah”
• 8 November

  The virtue of seeking knowledge in Masjid Nabawi

  Question Is this Hadith sahih? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates, I heard Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) saying: He who comes to my Masjid (Masjidun Nabawi) with no other intention but to learn or teach a good deed is like a Mujahid in the path of Allah. And he who comes with some other intention is like one who has come …
• 3 November

  Explanation of the narration on the level of Din weakening

  Question Can you kindly explain the meaning of the following narration: Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Busr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “Some time ago I heard/It used to be said, ‘When you are in a group of people, who number twenty, or more or less, and you examine their faces, and you do not see any person among them who is being respected …

October, 2017

• 31 October

  A sign that Din has become weak

  Question Is this Hadith suitable to quote? Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn Busr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: “Some time ago I heard/It used to be said, ‘When you are in a group of people, who number twenty, or more or less, and you examine their faces, and you do not see any person among them who is being respected for the sake of …
• 27 October

  The danger of an eloquent hypocrite

  Question Please provide a reference and translation of the following Hadith: إن أَخْوَفُ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي كل مُنَافِقٍ عَلِيمِ اللِّسَانِ

September, 2017

• 18 September

  ‘Allah sent me as a teacher’

  Question Is this a Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Allah sent me as a teacher and to make things easy”
• 13 September

  When something was unclear, the Sahabah would refer to ‘Aaishah (radiyallahu ‘anha)

  Question Is this authentic? Sayyiduna Abu Musa (radiyallahu ‘anhu) says, “Never was a Hadith unclear to us, the Sahabah of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and we asked ‘Aaishah (radiyallahu ‘anha), except that we found that she would have knowledge regarding it”

August, 2017

• 1 August

  The duty of seeking knowledge

  Question Can you please tell the following Hadith is sahih or not. “Seeking knowledge is a duty upon every Muslim” (Ibn Majah)