When making wudu if you pray بِسْمِ اللهِ وَالْحَمدُ لِلهِ the guarding angels (who record your deeds) will go on writing pious deeds to your credit. Is this true? ANSWER Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu’anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam) said: O Abu Hurayrah! When you (intend to) make wudu, then [...]
What is the significance of the extra 12 rak’ahs one can do during the day; 2 before Fajr, 4 before Zuhr and 2 after it, 2 after Maghrib and 2 after ‘Isha? ANSWER Sayyidatuna Ummu Habibah (radiyallahu’anha) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam) said: Whoever offers 12 rak’ahs daily besides the [...]
Is there any virtue in reciting Surah Dukhan every night? Answer 1) ‘Allamah Suyuti (rahimahullah) has mentioned Surah Dukhan to be from those Surahs that do have authentic virtues. (Tadribur Rawi, vol. 1 pg. 490) 2) Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Whomsoever [...]
Is there mention in Hadith regarding any Du’a to be read after seeing a bad dream? ANSWER 1) Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: …When one of you sees something that you dislike in a dream, then he should lightly spit/blow on his [...]
Is the following statement correct? One who has been oppressively killed for saying what’s right (not necessarily for spreading islam) or asking for his own right, is a shahid? ANSWER Yes. Rasulullah (sallallahu’alayhi wasallam) said: ‘Indeed among the greatest forms of jihad is to say what is fair in front [...]
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) would ask the people ‘Tell me of a person who entered Jannah without offering a single Salah’? Who was this Sahabi? ANSWER This Sahabi was Sayyiduna ‘Amr ibn Thabit ibn Wuqaysh/Uqaysh Al Ash-hali. His title was ‘Usayrim’. This Sahabi had accepted Islam when the battle [...]
Please provide the correct translation and reference of the following: Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu’anhu) said that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) advised haste in 5 matters: Establishing Salah, repentance before death, completing the funeral rites of the deceased, paying off debts, marriage when a suitable match is found. Jazakumullah. ANSWER Imam Tirmidhi [...]
Is there any hadith about people who enter Jannah without reckoning? ANSWER “There are 70,000 of my people who will enter paradise without being questioned; they are the ones who do not seek remedy by ruqia, the ones who don’t believe in omens, the ones who do not cauterize themselves; [...]
Please explain the origin and action of the Black stone on the day of judgement? I was told that it was a white stone in Jannah and was sent down with Adam (‘alayhis salam) to the earth. It turned black due to the sins of mankind and on the day [...]
Should We Fast On The 27th Of Rajab? Question Is there any proof for fasting on the 27th of Rajab? ANSWER The Hadith Masters have agreed that there exists no Hadith that mentions the virtues of fasting on any specific date in Rajab. There are a few Hadiths that cite [...]