Tag Archives: Moulana Suhail Motala

October, 2021

• 22 October

  Ishaq ibn Rahuyah (rahimahullah) marries a woman due to her collection of books

  Question I am looking for a incident of a scholar who married a woman after her husband passed on. She had a good selection of books.
• 22 October

  An unreliable narration on the virtue of buying something for one’s family and carrying it

  Question Is this narration authentic? Buying for one’s family and carrying it: “Whoever buys something for his family and then carries it with his hands to them the sin of seventy years will be forgiven from him.”
• 21 October

  Reciting Surah Zilzal twice

  Question Is this correct? Surah Zilzal reading two times is equivalent to one Quran
• 21 October

  The sin of engaging in anal intercourse

  Question Is this narration reliable? لا ينظر الله إلى رجل جامع امرأته في دبرها
• 21 October

  A person’s needs will be fulfilled by sending salutations upon Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)

  Question What is the status of the following narration? من جعل عبادته الصلاة علي قضى الله له حاجة الدنيا والآخرة Translation: Whoever dedicates his worship solely to sending salutations upon me, Allah will fulfill his needs of this world as well as the Hereafter.
• 20 October

  1000 palaces in Jannah

  Question Is there any authentic Hadith which says the lowest person in Jannah will have 1000 palaces and his kingdom will be 1000 years travel journey.
• 20 October

  Meaning of the term ‘جاز القنطرة/He has crossed the bridge’

  Question What does the following term mean, while describing narrators: قفز القنطرة، أو جاز القنطرة، أو جاوز القنطرة
• 19 October

  Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) waits for three days

  Question Where is the following Hadith found and can it be quoted? If possible, what is the lesson from this Hadith? Abdullah ibn Abil Hamsa was a companion who narrates: “Prior to the commencement of the divine mission of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) [i.e. Nubuwwah], I dealt with him in a business transaction and there was still something due …
• 19 October

  The virtue of farming and planting

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? عن جابر، أنّ النّبيّ صلّى الله عليه وسلّم دخل على أمّ مبشّر الأنصاريّة في نخل لها، فقال لها النّبي صلّى الله عليه وسلّم: من غرس هذا النخل؟ أمسلم أم كافر؟ فقالت: بل مسلم، فقال: لا يغرس مسلم غرسا، ولا يزرع زرعا، فيأكل منه إنسان، ولا دابّة، ولا شيء، إلا كانت له صدقة.
• 18 October

  Looking at the Ka’bah is rewarding

  Question Is there any chain for this narration or similar wording of this narration? النظر الى الكعبة عبادة On what principle do we base the fact that looking at the Ka’bah is regarded to be an act of worship?
• 18 October

  A follow up query regarding ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) making du’a at the time of Maghrib

  Question What is the reason for the weakness in this chain in the Hadith you have answered here regarding ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) making du’a at the time of Maghrib? Is there a weak narrator?
• 18 October

  Another version of the Hadith on a person becoming pleased with good deeds

  Question What is the source of these words? من سرته حسنته وساءته سيئته فذلك المؤمن
• 15 October

  A narration stating the virtue of reciting one hundred salutations on Friday

  Question Is this narration authentic? من صلى علي ليلة الجمعة أو يوم الجمعة مئة مرة غفر الله له خطيئة ثمانين سنة Whoever sends one hundred salutations [durud] upon me on the eve of Friday or on Friday, Allah will forgive eighty years of sins.