22 February 2024
Speaking lies when fasting diminishes the reward greatly
Question Could you provide a reference for this? "The righteous predecessors used to say that telling lies will break the fast" -Ibrahim an Nakha'i (rahimahullah)
19 November 2020
The different versions of the Tashahhud
Question Please help me with this question: Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibnuz Zubayr from Abdar Rahman ibn Abdal Qari that he heard Umar ibnul Khattab say, while he was…
24 July 2019
A narration in Sharh Mushkilil Athar
Question The following can be found in Sharhu Mushkilil Athar of Imam Tahawi, Hadith: 1765. كما حدثنا أحمد بنُ شُعيب قال: حدثنا أبو عوانة، عن سليمان – يعني الأعمش – قال: حدثنا حبيب بن أبي ثابت، عن…
19 September 2017
Are women prohibited from red clothing?
Question Is this report correct? 1. 'Aaisha (radiyallahu 'anha) wore a dress that was dyed with 'Usfur’ while she was in the state of Ihram. (Usfur, the red substance extracted from safflower) If it…
30 August 2017
Can one sheep/goat suffice for many people in Udhiyah/Qurbani?
Question Recently on social media people were saying that there is no need to slaughter more than one sheep or goat per household. They quoted the following Hadiths to substantiate this: 1. Narrated…
28 December 2016
The words of Qunut
Question In Sharh Ma'anil Aasathar Hadith فَإِذَا فَإِذَا صَالِحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ قَدْ حَدَّثَنَا ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ،…
21 October 2016
The illegitimate child is not to blame for the sins of his parents
Question What is the authenticity and explanation of the below? لا يدخل الجنة ولد زنية "The child of illicit sexual intercourse will not enter Jannah" وولد الزنية ليس عليهم من أوزار آبائهم…
19 March 2016
The three types of Jinn
Question What is the authenticity if this narration: Sayyiduna Abu Tha'labah Al Khushani (radiyallahu 'anhu) narrates that the Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: 'The Jinn are of three types:…
19 August 2015
Most beloved daughter of Rasulullah (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam)
Question How do you reconcile between the two Hadiths on which was the favourite daughter?
19 May 2015
The obligation of Salatul Witr
Question Please provide the source for the following Hadith: "Witr is a duty, so he who does not observe it is not of us." Are there variations of this Hadith in which the last part, "he is not of…
4 May 2015
The curse of a husband who has an evil wife
Question I was reading an article and there was one Hadith which said to the effect that: Allah does not accept three people's duas, first being the one that has an evil wife and he doesn't divorce…
27 February 2014
Clarification on Hadiths regarding the permissibility/impermissibility of selling dogs
Question What is the authenticity of the following narrations: 1) Imam Nasa’i reports from Jabir (radiyallahu 'anhu),that the Messenger of Allah (sallalahu 'alayhi wa sallam) forbade the price of…
8 February 2014
Time Travel
Question My Beloved Shaykh, I read in one of your answers, that the Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam) made du’a and the sun was returned to a previous position so Sayyiduna 'Ali (radiyallahu…
6 February 2014
Is this Hadith really in Bukhari?
Question Someone came to me and informed me of a Sirah Bayan he heard. In the bayan, the khatib mentioned a Hadith in which Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) was resting on the thigh of Ali…
16 December 2013
Arabic books on importance of following a madhab
Question I have a concern regarding teaching someone to follow a madhhab. The person is from a background where the family does not adhere to following one specific madhhab. The person’s knowledge is…
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