Tag Archives: Moulana Suhail Motala

September, 2019

• 19 September

  Warning against usurping the wealth of a Muslim using false oaths

  Question Is this narration authentic? من اقتطع مال امرئ مسلم بيمين كاذبة كانت نكتة سوداء في قلبه لا يغيرها شيء إلى يوم القيامة
• 19 September

  A narration on intoxicants

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whatever in great quantity intoxicates, its small quantity is [also] haram/impermissible.”
• 19 September

  The poverty of Imam Shafi’i’s mother and the hardship he endured

  Question I wanted the reference for the following statement: Imam Shafi’i (rahimahullah) said: “I was an orphan and my mother couldn’t afford to purchase paper for me. When I found a bone, I would take it and write on it.”
• 19 September

  Du’a is the weapon of believer,pillar of Din and light of heavens and earth

  Question I read a Hadith which stated that ‘Du’a is the weapon of believer,pillar of Din and light of heavens and earth.’ I wanted to know if it is authentic? If yes, how is du’a the light of heavens and earth? Also we know that there are 5 pillars of Din, so how is du’a another pillar of Din?
• 18 September

  ‘Urwah’s ibn Zubayr (rahimahullah) statement regarding the knowledge of ‘Aaishah (radiyallahu ‘anha)

  Question Could you reference this? Al Hisham ibn ‘Urwah said: “I have not seen anyone who was more knowledgeable in halal, haram, knowledge, poetry and medicine than ‘Aaishah, the mother of the believers (radiyallahu ‘anha)”
• 18 September

  Translation of a word in a Hadith of Sahih Muslim regarding sighting of the moon

  Question What is the translation of the word ‘مده/أمده’ in the following Hadith? قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: إن الله قد أمده لرؤيته، فإن أغمي عليكم فأكملوا العدة
• 18 September

  The virtue of abundant sajdah (prostration)

  Question Is the following Hadith authentic? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam): “There is no person who prostrates for the sake of Allah, except that Allah [due to this prostration] records a good deed for him, erases a bad deed and raises him in rank by a degree. Therefore, prostrate [by offering Salah] abundantly”
• 18 September

  Another narration regarding the virtue of arriving early for Jumu’ah

  Question What is status of following narration? إن الناس يكونون في قربهم عند النظر إلى وجه الله على قدر بكورهم إلى الجمعة
• 17 September

  Status of the narrator, Mis’ar ibn Yahya An Nahdi

  Question What is the status of the narrator, Mis’ar ibn Yahya An Nahdi?
• 17 September

  An additional reward in some versions of the bazar du’a

  Question Please can you confirm whether the below is a Hadith and if the reference is correct? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whosoever recites the du’a for the market place will receive one million rewards, one million of his sins will be wiped out and his ranks will be raised a million times. Further more a place will be …
• 17 September

  Great reward comes with greater trial

  Question What is reference for this Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Indeed greater reward comes with greater trial. And indeed, when Allah loves a people He subjects them to trials, so whoever is content, then for him is [Allah’s] Pleasure, and whoever is discontent, then for him is [Allah’s] Wrath.”
• 17 September

  ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) chooses to eat simple food

  Question I am looking for the incident with the reference that once Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) invited Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) to eat of his meals. ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) was eating dry bread and olive oil and others present were eating tharid.
• 16 September

  The punishment for eavesdropping

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Anyone who listens to people talking when they dislike him doing so or flee from him will have molten lead poured into his ear on the Day of Qiyamah.”