Hadith and Authenticity
3,572 questions
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "When a woman reaches puberty, nothing of her should be visible except her face and her palms," and how should a woman's attire be based on this? What is the ruling if strict veiling would cause her harm in her society?
Did the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) encourage sleeping naked?
What are the waters of man and the waters of woman, and when is the newborn a male or a female, and is there a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, about how to know the sex of the fetus?
What is the authenticity of the "musical instruments" hadith found in Sahih al-Bukhari, and is Hisham ibn Ammar — one of its narrators — considered trustworthy? What is the opinion of the scholars who declared him weak, and does this weaken the hadith?
Is the Hadith that narrates the story of the merchant who was exposed to a thief and supplicated to God with "O Most Loving, O Most Loving..." and that an angel killed the thief authentic?
Is the ruling on looting the same as the ruling on theft? Is it forbidden?
Is everything mentioned in the authentic prophetic hadith collections considered sound, not permissible for discussion by scholars in modern times, or does that contradict the noble verse: "And if it were from other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction"?
Is it permissible for the guardian (ruler), due to a necessity he perceives, to determine the return on bank projects based on a feasibility study, by analogy with the permission granted by some scholars for price-fixing, despite the existence of a sound prophetic tradition (hadith) prohibiting price-fixing?
What is the ruling on sending electronic messages of da‘wah and reform directed at both sexes, and does exchanging them constitute a form of intermingling (ikhtilat)?
Is interpreting dreams to oneself, without speaking of them, considered an interpretation and thus falls under the Hadith, "A dream is upon the leg of a bird"?
Is the second "haughtiness" mentioned in the verse "you will surely cause corruption in the land twice" what is happening now?
Is the hadith "The believer is sagacious and astute" authentic, and who narrated it?
What is the remainder of the noble Hadith: "I have left among you that which, if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray after me..."?
Is there a supplication that Satan dislikes attributed to Muhammad ibn Wasi', and what is its authenticity, and what is its text?
What is the authentic hadith concerning the number of Noah's sons (peace be upon him) mentioned in His (the Most High's) saying: "Offspring of those We carried with Noah," and was Noah's wife (peace be upon him) among those who boarded the ark with him?
Who is qualified to be given the title "scholar" ('alim)? And is it permissible to bestow this title upon an Islamic education teacher, or is it exclusively reserved for senior شيخs (shaykhs)?
Is it true that the Companion Amr ibn al-Aas incited people against Uthman ibn Affan and boasted about his lineage with pre-Islamic pride, as stated in Ibn Kathir's "Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya"?
What is the ruling on listening to the daff (tambourine-like instrument) at school and home parties?
Does a narrator practice Tadlis upon a specific sheikh without doing so upon another, and is Ibrahim al-Taymi a Mudallis as al-Karabisi stated, and does he practice Tadlis upon everyone he narrated from?
Concerning whom was the noble verse revealed: "And a witness from the Children of Israel bore witness to its similitude, so he believed and you were arrogant," and what is the dispute among the exegetes regarding that, along with each one's proof?
Q/I would like the source and text of the Hadith of the Messenger ((The worst food is that of the wedding feast...))
Is the Hadith narrated by Al-Hakim, in which the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, kissed some of his wives and then went out for prayer without performing ablution, authentic?
Is it permissible to place or implant a prosthetic mouth (denture), and is it permissible to bury the deceased with this mouth?
Does a Christian wife fall under the category of disbelievers whom the Hadith has forbidden from inheriting, based on the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) saying: "A Muslim shall not inherit from a disbeliever, nor shall a disbeliever inherit from a Muslim"?