Hadith
A hadith is a report of something the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, did, or approved of. It passes down through a chain of narrators, called an isnad. Scholars grade each hadith's reliability (see sahih, hasan, da'if).
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Does the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah is Witr (Odd/One) and loves witr (odd numbers)" mean that odd numbers deserve sanctity and respect, and that it is forbidden to discard papers bearing these numbers into the trash, and that whoever does so is considered to be mocking the religion?
The aforementioned Hadith is an authentic Hadith, narrated by Al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and others, and authenticated by Al-Albani. The remainder of it is: "So perform Witr, O people of the Qur'an." The scholars said…
What is the meaning of the statement made by the Hadith scholars about a narrator: "Salih al-Hadith" (sound in Hadith), "Layyin al-Hadith" (lenient/weak in Hadith), or "Muqarib al-Hadith" (close/acceptable in Hadith)?
These phrases indicate the lowest degree among the levels of amendment [of a narrator's trustworthiness], where the narrations of those described by them are not to be used as sole proof. Al-Nawawi mentioned that "salih…
What is the commentary of early and later scholars on what Imam Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi mentioned in his book Al-Mabsut regarding the Hadith of the slave girl, "Where is Allah?" And is this statement considered evidence for the Hadith's lack of authenticity or its failure to indicate the affirmation of direction for Allah?
In response to Imam al-Sarakhsi's statement deeming the Hadith of the slave girl weak, claiming it contains problematic wording and that the Prophet (peace be upon him) would not ask anyone to affirm a direction or…
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Does marital intercourse from anywhere (except the anus) include the husband sucking milk from the breast (adult suckling), and when is the hadith of adult suckling applied?
How can one differentiate between prophetic hadith narrated verbatim and that narrated in meaning?
Is the abundance of prostration in the Hadith of Rabiah bin Ka'b Al-Aslami meant to be the performance of regular Sunnah prayers, Witr, and some supererogatory voluntary prayers, or does it include increasing night prayers and adding more rak'ahs to the Duha prayer and other supererogatory prayers?