1 October 2018
Concentrating in Salah
Question Is this authentic? Sayyidah 'Aaishah (radiyallahu 'anha) reported, "I asked Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) about turning and looking here and there in Salah. He replied: 'It is what…
27 September 2018
Shaytan is with humans like blood flows in the veins
Question I am looking for the reference for the following Hadith: "Shaytan flows in the veins like how blood flows in the body." Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) said this to a Sahabi (radiyallahu…
27 July 2018
Reciting Surah Sajdah to repel Shaytan?
Question Is this Hadith authentic? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Shaytan does not enter the house for three days when Surah Sajdah is recited"
6 July 2018
Shaytan will overpower man in three ways
Question Kindly provide the reference for this narration: عن خيثمة قال: كان يقال إن الشيطان يقول ما غلبني عليه ابن آدم فلن يغلبني على ثلاث أن يأخذ مالا من غير حقه أو أن يمنعه من حقه أو أن يضعه في غير…
3 July 2018
‘Do not make your homes like graveyards’
Question Is this Hadith authentic? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "Don't make your houses like graveyards, for the Shaytan flees from a house in which Surah al-Baqarah is read"
2 July 2018
Shayatin imprisoned in the ocean by Sulayman (‘alayhis salam) will emerge
Question Is this Hadith authentic? Sayyiduna 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr (radiyallahu 'anhuma) narrated: "Verily in the ocean there are Shayatin who have been imprisoned by Sulayman ('alayhis salaam). Soon…
1 May 2018
The bell is a musical instrument of Shaytan
Question Could you reference the narration? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The bell is the musical instrument of the Shaytan"
13 March 2018
A Hadith regarding poetry
Question A Hadith of Sahih Muslim quoted in Mishkat states that a person was reciting poetry and Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) called him a Shaytan. Can you mention the exact reference and what…
21 February 2018
Abstain from places of suspicion
Question Is this a statement of Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam): اتَّقُوا مَوَاضِعَ التُّهَمِ What is its explanation. Are there other Hadiths that prohibit going to haram/doubtful places……
1 February 2018
Eating with two fingers
Question I have come across some narrations which prohibit eating with two fingers as Shaytan does so. Are these authentic?
27 October 2017
Seek Allah’s protection against Shaytan when hearing a donkey bray
Question When hearing a donkey bray are we asked to seek Allah's protection from Shaytan?
28 August 2017
Shaytan’s name before being banished from Jannah
Question What was Shaytan's first name before being banished from Jannah?
25 August 2017
Switching on the lights at Maghrib time
Question Is it Sunnah to turn on all of the lights in one's house just before Maghrib, or is that just a Bangladeshi/Indian tradition?
25 August 2017
A narration on Adam (‘alayhis salam) and what transpired after eating from the tree
Question What is authenticity of this narration? كانت الشجرة التي نهى الله عنها آدم وزوجته السنبلة، فلما أكلا منها بدت لهما سوآتهما، وكان الذي وارى عنهما من سوآتهما أظفارهما، وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من…
12 July 2017
Do not say ‘If only’
Question What is the status of the following Hadith? "Do not say if only"