1 March 2021
What is meant by the heart dying due excessive laughter?
Question What is the meaning of the heart dying due to excessive laughter?
22 February 2021
Practising medicine without having knowledge
Question Is this Hadith authentic and can it be quoted? من تطبب ولم يعلم منه طب قبل ذلك فهو ضامن Whoever gives medical treatment and he is not known to be [a doctor/medical practitioner] then he is…
19 February 2021
A Hadith which mentions tawassul in du’a
Question Is this Hadith and du'a authentic? 'Uthman ibn Hunayf (radiyallahu 'anhu) narrated that a blind man came to Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and said: "Supplicate to Allah to heal me." He…
19 February 2021
Excessive laughter causes the heart to die
Question Is this narration authentic? عن أبي هريرة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لا تكثروا الضحك، فإن كثرة الضحك تميت القلب……
8 February 2021
A query regarding the bazar du’a cited in Ihya ‘Ulumid Din
Question What is the original reference for this Hadith in Imam Ghazali's Revival of the Religious Sciences? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: If a man says after entering the market…
2 February 2021
Allah has ordained five daily Salah
Question I remember coming across a Hadith a couple of years ago which says something like Allah has made five Salahs obligatory and those who miss it will be punished but Allah will forgive if He so…
1 February 2021
The illegitimate child does not inherit from the father
Question Is this a Hadith and what is the reference? "Any man who fornicates with a free woman or a slave woman, then the child born from zina does not inherit, nor is it inherited from."
26 January 2021
Authenticity of the Hadith in Ibn Majah regarding the reward of visiting the sick
Question What is the authenticity of the Hadith you have mentioned here: Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reported that he heard Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) say: “Whomsoever visits…
21 January 2021
Another version of the Hadith regarding the reward of visiting the sick
Question Can you mention the source of this Hadith? "Whoever comes to visit his Muslim brother (when he is sick), he is walking among the harvest of Jannah (Paradise) until he sits, then when he sits…
26 December 2020
The masnun method of shaking someone’s hand
Question I was told that there exists a Hadith wherein mention is made that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) used to give a firm handshake whilst making Musafahah (i.e., shaking hands) [meaning to…
21 December 2020
Dhikr is among the most effective ways of gaining salvation
Question Can you confirm the source of this Hadith? ما عمل آدمي عملا قط أنجى له من عذاب الله من ذكر الله
27 November 2020
Biography of Khabbab ibn Aratt (radiyallahu ‘anhu)
Question Kindly provide a biography on the life of Khabbab ibn Aratt (radiyallahu ‘anhu).
26 November 2020
Riba/usury will always end up in poverty and humiliation
Question Is the following Hadith recorded in Musnad Ahmad authentic? "No matter how much interest you have it will decrease." (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith: 3753)
11 November 2020
Ambiya are buried where they pass away
Question Is this Hadith authentic? "Allah does not take [the life of] a Prophet except at the location in which He wants him to be buried." (Tirmidhi 1018)
23 October 2020
Wording in the narrations regarding three people whose du’as are readily accepted
Question I have come across the following narrations in Sunan Tirmidhi, Adabul Mufrad, and Sunan ibn Majah with a slight variation in wording. The first two have the words على ولده whilst the third…