Tag Archives: Tirmidhi

March, 2021

• 1 March

  What is meant by the heart dying due excessive laughter?

  Question What is the meaning of the heart dying due to excessive laughter?

February, 2021

• 19 February

  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 (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “If you wish I will supplicate for you, and if you wish, you can be patient, for that is better for you.” …
• 19 February

  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
• 16 February

  Charity by means of reciting Durud

  Question Is there any Hadith which mentions that a person who recites the following Durud (salutation): Allahumma salli ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammadin ‘abdika wa rasulika wa salli ‘alal mu-minina wal mu-minati wal muslimina wal muslimati will become excessively rich?
• 8 February

  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 the following, There is no deity but Allah, the Single, there is no partner for Him, His is the kingdom and for Him is all praise, He gives life …
• 5 February

  Authenticity of the Hadith regarding the illegitimate child inheriting from the father

  Question What is the authenticity of the Hadith answered here: Sayyiduna ‘Amr ibn Shu’ayb reports from his father whom reports from his grandfather that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Any man who fornicates with a slave or free woman [and a child is born], that child will be born from zina [illegitimate], will not inherit [from him] nor will …
• 4 February

  The guidance of ‘Ammar ibn Yasir (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

  Question What is the reference of this Hadith? “Be led by the guidance of ‘Ammar ibn Yasir (radiyallahu ‘anhu).”
• 3 February

  ‘Ammar ibn Yasir (radiyallahu ‘anhu) always chose correctly

  Question What is the reference of this Hadith? “‘Ammar is not given a choice between two matters, except that he chooses the one with more guidance in it.”
• 2 February

  Istighfar/Seeking forgiveness before sleeping

  Question What is the status of this Hadith? Narrated Abu Sa’id (radiyallahu ‘anhu) that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever says when he goes to bed thrice: ‘I seek the forgiveness of Allah, the one whom there’s none worthy of worship except for him the Living the Sustainer and I repent to him’ Allah shall forgive him his sins …
• 1 February

  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.”

January, 2021

• 28 January

  An unreliable narration regarding wealth and poverty

  Question Is there a narration that says if you own less than 60 000 you are a pauper?
• 21 January

  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 he is showered with mercy. If it is in the morning, seventy thousand angels will send blessing upon him until the evening, and if …

December, 2020

• 25 December

  Hadith on the weight limit on men’s rings

  Question I have come across two versions of the Hadiths wherein the weight limit on rings for men are mentioned. One version has the wording ولا تزده مثقالا (which our Hanafi ‘Ulama often mention in our Fiqh books) and another says ولا تتمه مثقالا (I have only come across this version in the Hadith books). Kindly provide me with the …