10 May 2017
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)’s character was the Quran
Question What is the reference for the famous statement of Sayyidah 'Aishah (radiyallahu 'anha) regarding the character of Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) to be the Quran?
8 May 2017
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would recite Quran while lying in the lap of ‘Aishah (radiyallahu ‘anha)
Question Is this authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) would recline in the lap Sayyidah 'Aishah (radiyallahu 'anha) even when she would be menstruating. Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa…
30 April 2017
Surah Baqarah is a blessing and protects one from those involved in witchcraft
Question Is this authentic? "Recite Surah Al Baqarah, for [reciting it and practicing on it] is a blessing and abandoning it will be a cause of grief and regret, and [those involved in witchcraft]…
21 April 2017
Reciting Surahs Yasin and Saffat on Friday eve
Question Could you verify the following Hadith? من قرأ يس والصافات ليلة الجمعة ثم سأل الله أعطاه سؤله Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whoever recites Surah Yasin and Saffat on the night of…
18 April 2017
Sources of good; alleviating distress, concealing faults, seeking knowledge and gathering to recite Quran
Question Is this Hadith authentic? It is reported on the authority of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu 'anhu) that Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Whosoever removes a worldly grief…
21 March 2017
A Hadith regarding learning the Quran and subsequently complaining of poverty
Question Can you verify the authenticity of this Hadith? "Whomsoever has learnt the Quran and then complains of poverty Allah will record poverty and starvation between his eyes till the day of…
21 March 2017
Surah Mulk protects from the punishment of the grave
Question Can you provide the reference for this narration? One of the companions of Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) pitched a tent on a grave without knowing that it was a grave. Suddenly…
16 February 2017
An unauthentic virtue of reciting three verses of Surah An’am after Fajr
Question Is the following narration authentic? من قرأ إذا صلى الغداة ثلاث آيات من أول سورة الأنعام إلى {ويعلم ما تكسبون} نزل إليه أربعون ألف ملك يكتب له مثل أعمالهم ونزل إليه ملك من فوق سبع سماوات…
8 February 2017
The Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum) would cry and tremble when they heard Quran
Question Is this Hadith authentic? 'Abdullah Ibn 'Urwah ibn Zubayr said: "I asked my grandmother Asma (radiyallahu 'anha), 'What was the condition of the Sahabah when they would hear Quran? She…
2 February 2017
Hadiths on forgetting the Quran
Question Are there any Hadiths regarding a punishment for forgetting the Quran?
1 February 2017
Hypocrisy and the learned
Question What is the reference and authenticity of this Hadith? "Most of the Munafiqun of this Ummah are the reciters of the Quran [learned ones]"
20 January 2017
Translation of one part of a narration regarding the sequence of the Surahs of the Quran
Question What is the meaning of 'مما' in the following Hadith? فقال عثمان: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مما يأتي عليه الزمان وهو ينزل عليه السور ذوات العدد……
23 December 2016
A virtue of reciting Surah ikhlas one hundred times with wudu
Question Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The person who reads Surah Ikhlas 100 times with wudu, beginning with Surah Fatihah, will receive the following virtues: 1. Allah Ta'ala will…
20 December 2016
Fasting and the Quran will intercede on behalf of a person on the Day of Qiyamah
Question What is the authenticity of the following? الصِّيام والقرآن يشفعان للعبد يوم القيامة يقول الصيام أي ربِّ منعته الطعام والشَّهوة فشفعني فيه ويقول القرآن منعته النَّوم بالليل فشفعني فيه قال…
5 December 2016
Translation of the supplication to recite during thunder
Question What is the translation of the verse cited in this answer and what is the significance of reciting it? سبحان الذي يُسَبِّحُ الرعدُ بحمدِهِ والملائكةُ من خِيفَتِه……