Tag Archives: Sahih Muslim

December, 2014

• 2 December

  The virtues of dates and vinegar

  Question What is the authenticity of the following narrations? 1. A house which has dates will never suffer hunger. 2. A household which has vinegar is not short of gravy.

November, 2014

• 24 November

  Which Sahabi had seen Dajjal?

  Question Which Sahabi had seen Dajjal?  
• 8 November

  Allah Ta’ala curses four types of people

  Question What is the grade of this narration? Sayyiduna Abut Tufayl (radiyallahu ‘anhu) says: Sayyiduna Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) was asked, ‘Did Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) give you something special which he did not give to anyone else?’ He replied, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), did not give me anything special which he did not give to everyone else except for what I …
• 3 November

  The virtue of fasting on ‘Aashura

  Question What is the virtue of fasting on ‘Aashura? Are the major sins or minor sins forgiven?

September, 2014

• 26 September

  Reciting dhikr in the Masjid when its forbidden (makruh) time for salah

  Question When entering the masjid at a forbidden time for salah, the Fuqaha (Jurists) say one must engage in dhikr. Is there any proof for this from Hadith?
• 26 September

  Is it mustahab not to remove hair and nails during the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah?

  Question A Muslim doing Qurbani should not clip his nails or remove hair, is this correct? Please provide the proof from Hadith for this.
• 26 September

  Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) appointing Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) as his vicegerent

  Question Kindly comment on the authenticity of the following narration as well as the correct explanation as the Shi’ah misinterpret the Hadith, Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said to Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu): ‘You are to me as Harun was to Musa (‘alayhimas salam), except that there is no Nabi after me’
• 24 September

  Concern for the condition of other Muslims

  Question Is the following Hadith authentic? ‘Whoever does not care for the affairs of the Muslims is not among us’
• 18 September

  Hastening to do good before trials and tribulations

  Question I humbly request if you could explain the following Hadith: ‘Hasten to perform good deeds before the emergence of trials like pieces of a dark night. A man will awake as a believer and end the day a disbeliever, or end the day a believer and wake as a disbeliever. He will sell his religion for the trivialities of this …

August, 2014

• 22 August

  Hadiths encouraging kindness and gentleness

  Question Please provide the reference of the following Hadith. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘If gentleness were to be profiled into a shape, people would never witness anything as attractive as that shape. On the contrary, if harshness were to be made into a form, people would never witness anything as disgusting as this form’
• 7 August

  Hadith on the distance of the sun on the day of Qiyamah

  Question Kindly verify the following narration: ‘On the Day of Qiyamah, the sun will be above our heads one arms length, one mile length and one surmah (antimony/collyrium) stick length’ 
• 7 August

  Authenticity of the Hadith on the six fasts of Shawwal

  Question Is it true the Hadith regarding six days of Shawwal fasting has a weak narrator and some of the ‘Ulama said fasting six days of Shawwal is makruh?
• 6 August

  Narrations which neither you nor your forefathers heard…

  Question Long ago I read a Hadith: It was mentioned, that there will come a time upon the people, in which new opinions will appear that have not been known previously. Could you please cite the Hadith in Arabic and English and explain it. Barak Allah Fik