5 March 2016
Reciting certain Surahs at night
Question What is the authenticity of the following narration? قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : من قرأ في ليلة : الم تنزيل السجدة، و يس واقتربت الساعة ، و تبارك الذي بيده الملك كن له نورا، وحرزا من…
1 March 2016
Sahabah reciting Surah ‘Asr everytime they met
Question Please provide a reference for the following incident regarding the sahabah (radiyallahu'anhum): "When two companions of Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) met they wouldn't part…
20 December 2015
Reciting four Surahs for protection from poverty
Question Is the following true? Reciting the four Surahs which start with 'Qul' (Surah Kafirun, Surah Ikhlas, Surah Falaq and Surah Nas- Some add a fifth Surah as well, Surah Jinn-) will protect you…
17 December 2015
Reciting the last two verses of Surah Baqarah, a means of protection from Shaytan
Question Is this authentic? "Indeed Allah wrote a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth. He sent down two Verses from that book which he ended Surah Al Baqarah with…
17 December 2015
Reward for reciting Surah Sajdah and Surah Mulk
Question What is the status of the following Hadith? من قرأ الم تنزیل و تبارك الذي بیده الملك في یوم ولیلة فكانما وافق لیلة القدر Translation Whomsoever recites [Surah Sajdah] and [Surah Mulk] on any…
2 December 2015
More Hadiths on reciting Surah Dukhan on Friday night
Question What is the grade of the following Hadiths? 1) "Whoever recites 'Ha Mim Ad-Dukhan' on Friday night, he shall be forgiven" 2) "Whoever recites Surah Dukhan on the night of Friday then Allah…
18 November 2015
Reciting Surah Ikhlas one hundred times before sleeping
Question What is the status of the following Hadith? "Whomsoever goes to bed to sleep and lies on his right side and he recites Surah Ikhlas one hundred (100) times, Allah will say to him on the day…
3 November 2015
The Masnun Surahs of Fajr Salah on Friday
Question What are the Masnun Surahs for the fard of Fajr Salah on Friday?
10 September 2015
Reciting Surah Fatihah seven times as a means of cure
Question Is reciting Surah Fatihah seven times as ruqyah [as a means of cure] established from any Hadith?
8 September 2015
Reciting the last two verses of Surah Tawbah
Question What is the status of the following Hadith? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The one who continuously reads 'Laqad ja-akum Rasulum min anfusikum' till the end of the Surah [Surah…
31 August 2015
Protection from Dajjal
Question Is the recital of the first ten (10) and last ten (10) verses of Surah Kahf described as protection from the fitnah of Dajjal in the Hadith? Also, if yes / no, what a'mal are mentioned in…
30 August 2015
Reciting Surah Fatihah forty one (41) times for removal of difficulty
Question I have read somewhere that there is a Hadith that says if Surah Fatiha is recited forty one (41) times with bismillah, then it will cure any disease. I have also read somewhere else that it…
18 August 2015
The dialogue with Allah in Salah when reciting Surah Fatihah
Question Is the following Hadith authentic (the Arabic and the English translation): On the authority of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu 'anhu), who says that I have heard Rasulullah (sallallahu…
13 August 2015
Reciting Surah Dukhan in Maghrib Salah
Question Is the following Hadith authentic? "Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) recited 'Ha-Mim Ad-Dukhan' in Maghrib"
13 August 2015
How is the recital of Surah Waqi’ah linked to protection from poverty?
Question We recite Surah Waqi'ah for protection from poverty, but when I went through the meaning I cannot relate it to poverty. What does it really mean and how does it relate to poverty?