28 July 2021
Reciting Ya Basiru and Ya Nuru
Question I have read somewhere if you touch your right hand on the heart and read Ya Basiru and Ya Nuru, it will help you to sleep well and protect against heart diseases. Is this an authentic…
28 April 2021
There is nothing better to follow than the Blessed Sunnah
Question Kindly provide the reference and Arabic text of the following narration? Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said: 'You will not find anything better to follow than the Sunnah of your prophet…
15 April 2021
Melon and cucumber with dates
Question Is eating melon and fresh dates and cucumber and fresh dates two separate Sunnahs or is it one and the same Hadith?
2 March 2021
A narration regarding safeguarding the Sunnah
Question Is this narration authentic? قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من حفظ سنتي أكرمه الله بأربع خصال المحبة في قلوب البررة و الهيبة في قلوب الفجرة و السعة في الرزق و الثقة في الدين……
1 March 2021
Practising on Sunnah when people abandon it
Question Regarding the Hadith, "Whoever revives a Sunnah at the time of corruption of my Ummah, will get the reward of a hundred martyrs." Does this reward apply to general Sunnahs as well, e.g. by…
18 November 2020
The Hadith, ‘None of you [truly] believes until his desires are subservient to that which I have brought’
Question What is the reference for this Hadith? Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said, "None of you [truly] believes until his desires are subservient to that which I have brought."
7 October 2020
An unauthentic action regarding the watermelon
Question Is this authentic? Sunnah practices for watermelon: The messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) was gifted a watermelon. He took it sniffed it and said "Allow it to become large."
3 February 2020
A narration about abandoning Sunnah
Question Is this Hadith correct? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: من ضيع سنتى حرمت عليه شفاعتى 'Whoever abandons my way of life [Sunnah] my intercession will be forbidden for him [on the Day…
29 April 2019
Eating something sweet before a meal
Question Is it Sunnah to eat something sweet before or after eating your meal?
6 July 2018
Hold fast to the Quran and Sunnah and you will not stray
Question Please translate and authenticate this narration. حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ، أَنْبَأَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي…
13 December 2017
Ibn ‘Umar’s (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) eagerness to follow the Sunnah
Question What is the authenticity of this narration? Kathir ibn Jumhan says: "I saw Ibn Umar (radiyallahu 'anhuma) walking between As-Safa and Al-Marwah. I said: 'Are you walking?' He said: 'If I am…
4 October 2016
What to recite after reading the Quran
Question I have received a message which I would like to have verified. It pertains to the recitation of a particular du'a after reading the Quran. It is preferred, on finishing the recitation of the…
19 September 2016
Meaning of ‘Remaining on the Sunnah’
Question I have a question which has perplexed me for some time now. In many Hadiths we find an imperative to remain firm upon the sunnah, never to abandon the sunnah, to ensure that one is…
12 August 2016
Warning against following Quran while rejecting Hadith and Sunnah
Question Is there an authentic Hadith in Abu Dawud which states: A sign of the hour will be people claiming to follow Quran but reject Hadith and Sunnah.