17 Shawwal 144616 April 2025
Consuming Interest Generally Results in a Bad Death
QuestionI have heard that a pious predecessor made the following statement. What is the reference for it? أكلة الربا مجرب لهم سوء الخاتمة
Orphans
7 Sha'ban 144428 February 2023
A Reward for Passing One’s Hand Over the Head of an Orphan
QuestionIs this Hadith authentic? «من مسح رأس يتيم لم يمسحه إلا لله كان له بكل شعرة مرت عليها يده حسنات، ومن أحسن إلى يتيمة أو يتيم عنده كنت أنا وهو في الجنة كهاتين، وقرن بين أصبعيه السبابة والوسطى»
15 Ramadan 143810 June 2017
Is There a Specific Way to Pass the Hand over an Orphan’s Head?
QuestionIs there a narration that mentions that one should pass his hand over an orphan's head from the middle of his head towards his forehead and a non-orphan from his forehead towards the middle of his head?
11 Jumadal Ula 14388 February 2017
Caring for Orphans
QuestionPlease verify this narration. Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The best house among the Muslims is a house in which there is an orphan who is treated well and the worst house among the Muslims is a house in which there is an orphan who is treated badly"
13 Rabi'ul Awwal 143813 December 2016
Warning Against Oppressing Orphans and Women
QuestionCould you translate the following Hadith: اللهم إني أحرج حق الضعيفين اليتيم، والمرأة
22 Jumadal Ula 14372 March 2016
The Reward for a Widowed Mother Who Takes Care of Her Child
QuestionIs this narration authentic? "I and a widow whose face has darkened, and she is patient with her child will be as close as these two fingers in Jannah"
24 Safar 14377 December 2015
How to Remedy a Hard Heart
QuestionIs this authentic? A person complained to Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) that he had a hard heart. Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) advised him to pass his hand over the head of an orphan and to feed the poor.
2 Dhul Qa'dah 143617 August 2015
A Great Virtue for Taking Care of Orphans
QuestionIs the following Hadith authentic? I am the first who will open the gates of Jannah, a woman will try to enter together with me or just after me. I will ask her, 'What do you want and who are you'? She will say, 'I am a woman who took…