Tag Archives: Mustadrak Hakim

July, 2021

• 29 July

  ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) discourages excessive reporting of Hadith without understanding

  Question What is the authenticity of this narration? Qarazah ibn Ka’b said: “We went with Umar ibn al-Khattab towards desert, he walked with us and said: ‘Do you know why I followed you?’ They said: ‘To honour us’. He said: ‘Besides that, you are going to the villagers. The Qur’an reverberates in them like the reverberation of a bee. “Do …
• 28 July

  Arabic text of the narration regarding seven earths

  Question What is the authenticity and the Arabic text of this narration? Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) said : “In every earth is a prophet like your Prophet, an Adam like your Adam, a Nuh like your Nuh, an Ibrahim like your Ibrahim and an Isa like your Isa.”
• 9 July

  The world is a prison for a Believer and a place of drought

  Question Is this narration authentic? الدنيا سجن المؤمن وسنته
• 8 July

  Allah Ta’ala loves noble/excellent affairs

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Verily, Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. He loves the loftiest of affairs and disapproves of pettiness.” (Al Mu’jamul Awsat)
• 5 July

  The signs of Qiyamah are like a string of pearls

  Question What is the authenticity of this Hadith? “Signs (of the Hour) are like beads fastened together by a thread. Once the thread is cut, they fall one after another.”
• 1 July

  The Jinn caused mischief and corruption on earth before it was inhabited by humans

  Question Regarding your answer on the Jinn residing on earth before humans, you have alluded to a version recorded in Mustadrak Hakim. Please mention this version.

June, 2021

• 28 June

  An unreliable narration regarding Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

  Question What is the authenticity of the following narration? ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Ali is the lord of the world and master of the Hereafter. (Mustadrak Hakim, vol. 3 pg. 128 (4640), Tarikh Dimashq, vol. 42 pg. 292)
• 24 June

  The full version of the Hadith ‘Eat, drink and wear nice garments but abstain from wastage’

  Question Is this one Hadith or two separate Hadiths? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Eat, drink and give sadaqah but abstain from wastefulness and pride. God Almighty loves to see the effect of His blessings on His servant.”
• 24 June

  Prepare for death before you pass away

  Question What is the source and reliability of the following Hadith? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “O Tariq, prepare for death before death.”
• 23 June

  Prohibition against confusing others in Salah by reciting too loudly

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? Under the heading ‘Dhikr Qawl al-Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) Laa yajhar ba’dukam ‘ala ba’din fil-Quran, Imam Nasai (rahimahullah) has recorded the Hadith, ‘None of you should compete with one another in reciting Quran loudly.’
• 10 June

  The slaughtering of death on the day of Qiyamah

  Question Regarding the following Verse of Surah Naba, verse: 40: ‘Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, “Oh, I wish that I were dust’.   I’ve heard that in the Akhirah, when all those who are to enter Jannah …
• 7 June

  The bounty of a pious wife

  Question What is the source of these words? من رزقه الله امرأة صالحة فقد أعانه على شطر دينه، فليتق الله في الشطر الباقي
• 2 June

  Ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) explains the importance of understanding the Quran

  Question What is the authenticity and the Arabic text of this narration? Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) said: “For a long time we would learn Iman before [mastering] the Quran. A Surah would be revealed to Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) so we would learn [the details of the law from it], what is permissible, what is impermissible and …