26 June 2025
An unreliable narration on the Tasbih of animals being linked to their death
Question What is the status of the following narration? آجال البهائم كلها من القمل والبراغيث والجراد والخيل والبغال كلها، والبقر وغير ذلك، آجالها في التسبيح، فإذا انقضى تسبيحها قضى الله أرواحها……
21 August 2024
A narration on the virtue of trading in cloth
Question Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "If the people of Jannah had traded, they would have traded in cloth."
6 August 2024
A narration regarding the virtue of reciting Surah Ikhlas thrice
Question Is this Hadith authentic? من قرأ قل هو الله أحد ثلاث مرات فكأنما قرأ القرآن أجمع
19 July 2023
An unauthentic du’a of Ilyas and Khadir (‘alayhimas salam)
Question What is the source and authenticity of this du'a? Bismillahi masha Allahu la yasuqul khayra illallah Masha Allahu la yasrifus su-a illallah Masha Allahu ma kana min ni'matin fa minallah…
8 February 2023
Was Jabal Abi Qubays the first mountain to be created?
Question Is there a reliable Hadith which states that Jabal Abi Qubays [which is just outside Masjidul Haram in Makkah] was the first mountain created by Allah Ta'ala?
16 June 2022
An unreliable narration on offering Salah for forty days with attaining the initial takbir (takbir ula)
Question What is the status of this narration? يا أبا كاهل أنه من صلَّى أربعين يومًا وأربعين ليلة في جماعة يدرك التكبيرة الأولى كان حقا على الله عزَّ وجلَّ أن يرويه يوم العطش……
24 June 2021
Prepare for death before you pass away
Question What is the source and reliability of the following Hadith? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "O Tariq, prepare for death before death."
8 October 2020
Status of the Hadith narrator Ash’ath ibn Jabir Al Huddani
Question Is the Hadith narrator Ash'ath ibn Jabir Al Huddani acceptable?
6 December 2017
A fabricated narration dispraising Mu’awiyah (radiyallahu ‘anhu)
Question Is this narration authentic? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "If you see Mu'awiyah delivering a sermon on my mimbar, kill him."
29 November 2017
Making du’a for mercy for the entire ummah
Question Is this authentic? Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "The best du'a/most beloved du'a to Allah Ta'ala is to say 'O Allah! Have mercy on the entire ummah of Muhammad (sallallahu…
10 June 2017
Is there a specific way to pass the hand over an orphan’s head?
Question Is there a narration that mentions that one should pass his hand over an orphan's head from the middle of his head towards his forehead and a non-orphan from his forehead towards the middle…
21 March 2017
A Hadith regarding learning the Quran and subsequently complaining of poverty
Question Can you verify the authenticity of this Hadith? "Whomsoever has learnt the Quran and then complains of poverty Allah will record poverty and starvation between his eyes till the day of…