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Reconciling narrations about time of Allah's descent to the nearest heaven
Assalaamu alaykum. I know that there are hadiths that say that Allah decends to the lower heaven in the last third of the night. However, in one hadith in Saheeh Muslim, it says that Allah decends after passing one third of the night. How can I reconcile between them?
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Hadeeth about eating food of generous and miserly
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykhs. Is it true that the food of a generous person cures disease? If yes, is it permissible to eat more than one third if the food is of a generous person with the intention of wanting to get cured? I read about an incident about Imam Ash-Shaafi‘i in which he when to visit Imam Ahmad and he mentioned.. More
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Mawdhoo‘ narration can never be authentic
Regarding this narration:
‘Abdullaah ibn Mas‘ood narrated that the Prophet,sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,said, "Indeed, a woman from the wives of the people of Paradise, the whiteness of her shin is visible through seventy garments until her marrow is seen, and that is because Allaah, the Exalted, says: 'As if they are corundum and Marjan.' So.. More
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Publishing books that contain a weak or false hadeeth
Assalaamu alaykum. I am a publisher, and one of the books published by us is Science & Technology in the Golden Age of the Muslim World. It has been printed and sold to some booksellers now, but it includes one weak/unreliable hadith, which goes something like: "The Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam,said to seek knowledge as far as China." (There.. More
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Meaning of woman being created from (crooked) rib
Assalaamu alaykum, Shaykh. Can you explain the following hadith please, because I do not want to misunderstand it.
"Treat women kindly. The woman has been created from a rib (the rib is crooked), and the most crooked part of the rib is in the upper region. If you try to make it straight, you will break it; and if you leave it as it is, it will remain.. More
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Hadeeth about gifting a milch she-goat
In another narration, the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,said: "There are forty kinds of virtue, the highest of which is to gift a (milch) she-goat. The one who practices any of these virtues, expecting its reward (from Allaah) and believing in the truth of the promise made for it, will enter Paradise.'' [Al-Bukhari] What does this mean?
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Studying textbook that might contain inauthentic ahaadeeth
I am preparing for css exams and the text book for Islamic studies contains various hadiths. The problem is that I do not know if those hadiths are authentic or not. My question is: can I learn from that book and answer the exam questions according to what it says?
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Interpreting the hadeeth: ...I found the coolness of His fingertips on my chest
There is the hadith of Mu‘aadh, may Allaah be pleased with him, which says that the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,had seen His Lord. It was also narrated via a number of Isnaads (chain of narrators) that he saw his Lord and that Allaah put His Hand between the Prophet’s shoulders so that he felt its coolness on his chest. (Sunan At-Tirmidhi.. More
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Weakness of report about whiteness of shin of women of Paradise
I was wondering about the following report: "Indeed, a woman from the people of Paradise, the whiteness of her shin is visible through seventy silk garments, as Allah says: {As if they were rubies and coral.} [Quran 55:58] As for the ruby, it is a stone; if you were to enter a wire through it, you would surely be able to see it through it."
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Hadeeth about example of 'naked warner'
Please explain this hadith:
My example and the example of what I have been sent with is that of a man who came to some people and said, "O people! I have seen the enemy's army with my own eyes, and I am the naked warner; so protect yourself!" Then a group of his people obeyed him and fled at night, proceeding stealthily till they were safe, while.. More
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Command to kill geckos
Assalaamu alaykum. The gecko used to blow on the fire when Ibraaheem (Abraham), may Allah exalt his mention, was thrown into the fire. What is the best way to describe it? Is it a metaphor? Is it recommended to kill the gecko? Thank you.
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Hadeeth about the seven at whom Allah will not look is inauthentic
What is the grade of this hadith:
"Seven persons are such that Allah will not look at them on the Day of Judgment, nor will He purify them, nor will He include them among the learned, and Allah will enter them into Hell. They will enter Hell first, except for those who repent, as those who repent, Allah will accept their repentance: a person who.. More
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Narrating modern-day accusations against Muslims
Assalaamu alaykum. In these times of tribulation, some of the Muslims have begun to accuse the Muslims of terror, murder, and other sins like drugs and alcoholism, lying, and prostitution when they see it in the Western news. They claim that because its permissible to narrate from Banu Israa‘eel (the Israelites)and that their sources are unknown and.. More
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Degree of authenticity of hadeeth about supplicating between Thuhr and ‘Asr on Wednesday
Assalaamu alaykum. I would like to know the authenticity of the following hadith:
Jaabir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported, “The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam,supplicated Allah in Masjid Al-Fath (in Al-Madeenah) on a Monday, a Tuesday, and a Wednesday. His supplication was accepted between the Thuhr and the ‘Asr on the.. More
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‘I saw my Lord (in dream) curly-haired and beardless...’ is not authentic hadeeth
Is the following narration authentic from Bayhaqi? Al-Bayhaqi also narrated the hadith "I saw my Lord" in Al-Asmaa’ wa As-Sifaat with a sound chain, but with the addition: "in the form of a curly-haired, beardless young man wearing a green robe." Is this hadith true?
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