Tag Archives: Shu’abul Iman

November, 2019

• 11 November

  The importance of consulting/mashwarah

  Question Is this narration authentic? عن ابن عباس، قال: لما نزلت هذه الآية {وشاورهم في الأمر} [آل عمران: 159] قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: أما إن الله ورسوله غنيان عنهما، ولكن جعلها الله رحمة لأمتي، فمن شاور منهم لم يعدم رشدا، ومن ترك المشورة منهم لم يعدم عناء
• 4 November

  Ibn ‘Abbas’s (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) statement regarding sleeping with wudu

  Question What is the Arabic and text and exact reference for this narration? Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) advised: “Ensure that you spend the nights in wudu, for the souls will be raised in the condition [of purity] that they were taken in.”

October, 2019

• 8 October

  Six good deeds

  Question Is this an authentic Hadith? عن أبي مالك الأشعري عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ست خصال من الخير: جهاد أعداء الله بالسيف، والصوم في يوم الصيف، وحسن الصبر عند المصيبة، وترك المراء وأنت محق، وتبكير الصلاة في يوم الغيم، وحسن الوضوء في أيام الشتاء

September, 2019

• 25 September

  Another version of ‘Umar’s (radiyallahu ‘anhu) statement regarding honour through Islam

  Question What is the reference for this narration which is attributed to Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu)? إنكم كنتم أذل الناس، وأقل الناس، وأحقر الناس، فأعزكم الله بالإسلام، فمهما تطلبوا العز بغيره يذلكم الله
• 9 September

  Another du’a to recite when retiring to bed

  Question Is this Hadith authentic? قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من قال إذا أوى إلى فراشه: الحمد لله الذي علا فقهر، وبطن فخبر، وملك فقدر، الحمد لله الذي يحيي ويميت، وهو على كل شيء قدير، خرج من ذنوبه كيوم ولدته أمه

August, 2019

• 19 August

  Hasan’s Al Basri (rahimahullah) statement regarding people fluctuating in knowledge/piety

  Question What is status of following Hadith? لا يزال الناس بخير ما تباينوا فإذا تساووا هلكوا
• 8 August

  A narration stating that the angels embrace those who arrive for Hajj walking

  Question What is the authenticity of the following Hadith? Sayyidah ‘Aaishah (radiyallahu ‘anha) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Verily the angels shake hands with the hajis arriving in Makkah mounted [on a conveyance] and embrace those arriving on foot.”

July, 2019

• 30 July

  Mercy descends on the Ka’bah, daily

  Question What is the status of this Hadith? The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: ‘One hundred and twenty mercies descend upon the Ka’bah every day and night; sixty for those performing tawaf, forty for those engaged in Salah and twenty for those who are merely looking at the Ka’bah.’
• 29 July

  Allah Ta’ala orders Musa (‘alayhis salam) to remain in the state of wudu

  Question What is status of following narration? إن الله أوحى إلى موسى أن توضأ، فإن لم تفعل فأصابتك مصيبة، فلا تلومن إلا نفسك
• 24 July

  The value of one’s eyesight

  Question Is this a Hadith? Bakr ibn ‘Abdillah Al Muzani (rahimahullah): “O son of Adam, if you wish to know the magnitude of blessings that Allah has bestowed upon you then just close your eyes.” [And realise what a great bounty just this this one bounty of eyesight is]- Ibn Abid Dunya
• 17 July

  Only a wicked person does not forgive others

  Question Is this a Hadith of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)? اللئيم لا يوفّق للعفو من ضيق صدره
• 8 July

  Pride/Vanity is worse than minor sins

  Question Is this Hadith reliable? لو لم تكونوا تذنبون لخشيت عليكم ما هو أكبر منه العجب

June, 2019

• 24 June

  The earth and heaven weep when a Believer passes away

  Question What is the authenticity of the following narration and is it suitable to quote? Sa’id bin Jubayr said, “A man came to Ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) and said to him: ‘O Aba ‘Abbas, Allah says, ‘And the heavens and the earth wept not for them, nor were they given respite’, Do the heavens and the earth weep for anybody?’ …