10 September 2025
A narration on Mu’awiyah (radiyallahu ‘anhu)
Question Is this Hadith authentic? عن أبي إدريس الخولاني، قال: لما عزل عمر بن الخطاب عمير بن سعد عن حمص ولى معاوية، فقال الناس: عزل عميرا وولى معاوية، فقال عمير: لا تذكروا معاوية إلا بخير، فإني سمعت…
20 August 2025
The voices of Munkar and Nakir and the squeeze of the grave for a Believer
Question Is this Hadith authentic? 'Aishah (radiyallahu 'anha) said: "O Messenger of Allah, yesterday you told me about the voices of Munkar and Nakir and the squeezing of the grave, and it upset me…
25 June 2025
Allah holds His slaves accountable in proportion to their intellect
Question Is this Hadith reliable? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "A man worshipped in his monastery. After it rained and the grass grew green, he saw a donkey eating grass. He saw a donkey…
13 June 2025
A narration regarding the mule
Question What is the status of the following narration? عن علي بن أبي طالب قال: كانت البغال تتناسل وكانت أسرع الدوابّ في نقل الحطب، لتحرق إبراهيم فدعا عليها فقطع الله أرحامها ونسلها……
23 May 2025
An unreliable narration about six things said to cause forgetfulness
Question What is the status of the following narration? ست خصال تورث النسيان: أكل سؤر الفأر، القاء القملة وهي حية، والبول في الماء الراكد، وقطع القطار، ومضغ العلك، وأكل التفاح الحامض، وبضد ذلك اللبان…
8 May 2025
‘Ali’s (radiyallahu ‘anhu) comment at the demise of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
Question Is the following narration authentic? عن أبي بكر الهذلي عن الحسن قال: قال علي لما قبض النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - نظرنا في أمرنا فوجدنا النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قد قدم أبا بكر في الصلاة…
21 April 2025
Reciting Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un when remembering a calamity
Question What is the status of this narration? من أصيب بمصيبة، فذكر مصيبته، فأحدث استرجاعا، وإن تقادم عهدها، كتب الله له من الأجر مثله يوم أصيب……
7 March 2025
An unreliable narration regarding ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) choosing a du’a over sheep
Question What is the source and authenticity of this du'a? اللهم اغفر لي ذنبي، ووسع لي خلقي وطيب لي كسبي، وقنعني بما رزقتني، ولا تذهب قلبي إلى شيء صرفته عني……
23 November 2024
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) cursed three categories of people
Question I heard the following Hadith and will like to know the authenticity. Three categories of people stay under the Curse of Allah Ta'ala: 1) The Imam who insists to lead Salah while people…
15 November 2024
An unreliable narration on making children happy
Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Verily, there is a house in Jannah called Darul Farah. Only those who make children happy shall enter there."
28 October 2024
A narration prohibiting staring at a beardless youth
Question What is the status of the following narration? نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يحد الرجل النظر إلى الغلام الأمرد
15 October 2024
Another version of the Hadith on saying “La ilaha illAllah” with madd
Question What is the authenticity of the following narration? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever lengthens his pronunciation upon saying "No god except Allah," (La ilaha illal lah)…
11 October 2024
The status of ‘Abdul ‘Aziz ibn Ishaq Al Baqqal
Question Are the books of 'Abdul 'Aziz ibn Ishaq Al Baqqal reliable? I have heard that he authored a book called Musnad Imam Zayd.
20 September 2024
The status of the Hadith narrator, Ibn Abi Sabrah
Question What is the status of the narrator Abu Bakr ibn Abi Sabrah? His narration appears in Sunan Ibn Majah. According to Imam Ibn Majah (rahimahullah), does this mean that he was reliable?
5 September 2024
A Pre-Islamic Incident regarding the Greatness of Allah
Question I am looking for the reference and Arabic text of this incident: Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said that during the days of Jahiliyyah, an old woman would take her goats to the…