Hadith and Authenticity
3,572 questions
What is meant by the following terms: Hadith Sahih (authentic Hadith), Hadith Hasan (good Hadith), Hadith Gharib (rare Hadith), Hadith Da'if (weak Hadith), Hadith Munqati' (disconnected Hadith), and Jumhur al-'Ulama' (the majority of scholars)?
Is the common saying: "A people who eat what they do not plant and wear what they do not weave will not prosper" a noble Prophetic Hadith?
What is the authenticity of the hadith frequently cited by many authors to prove modern science: "Indeed, it is in perpetual motion, neither stopping nor disappearing. When it sets in one place, it rises in another, and when it rises in one place, it sets in another, and so on..."?
What are the defects (علل) of Prophetic Hadiths, and is it permissible to dismiss authentic Hadiths on the pretext that science contradicts them?
What is the ruling on a hadith whose chain of narration has been inverted, yet all its narrators are trustworthy?
Why does Ibn al-Jawzi cite weak hadiths in his writings?
How is the existence of examples of "Hadith Mudtarib" (disrupted Hadith) in Bukhari and Muslim consistent with it being one of the worst types of weak Hadith, as explained by Ibn Hajar?
How sound is the Hadith: "Learn the Fara'id (obligatory shares of inheritance), for they are part of your religion and half of knowledge, and they are the first knowledge to be removed from my Ummah," and who narrated it?
ما مدى صحة الحديث: "الإيمان في القلب والإسلام علانية"؟
To what extent is the narration sound regarding the tradition from Omar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the pardoning of a small amount of impurity on clothing if it is like his fingernail, and was his fingernail (may Allah be pleased with him) the size of a dirham or the hollow of the palm?
What is the authenticity of what was narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather, concerning the creation of the Throne from a jewel, and what is the authenticity of what was narrated from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the bearers of the Throne and their description?
What is the meaning of the phrase, "I said to them, 'Should his Hadith be used as proof?' They said, 'The Hadith of Abu Arubah and Al-Dustu'i should be used as proof; this is a shaykh whose Hadith is written down,' which appears in the biography of Sa'id ibn Bashir al-Basri in "Al-Taqrib," and who is meant by it?
What is the authenticity of what was narrated from Salman al-Farisi – may Allah be pleased with him – that he said: "We will not lead you in your prayers, nor will we marry your women," with Al-Albani's statement about it, "Sahih Isnad" (authentic chain of narration)? And assuming its authenticity, what are its implications?
What is the authenticity and interpretation of the Hadith stating that the Prophet, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, sent Sa'd ibn Zayd al-Ansari with captives from Banu Qurayza to Najd to exchange them for horses and weapons?
Is it permissible to play the Holy Quran in chat rooms where young men and women intermingle, for the purpose of guiding them, and does sin result from that?
Is the saying of the majority of jurists a proof for adhering to the Jama'ah and the Greatest Multitude?
What is the meaning of the prohibition of wearing sewn garments during Ihram, and does that include shoes that have laces to tighten them on the foot?
What is the Hadith that refers to the noble verses which Ibn Qudamah used to recite after the Fajr prayer, and what is the authenticity of this Hadith, and does its weakness fall under the category of the permissibility of acting upon a weak Hadith?
What is the authenticity of the narration reported from Ibn Mas'ud: "Singing cultivates hypocrisy in the heart, just as water cultivates crops," and does it have the ruling of a Marfu' (a Hadith directly attributed to the Prophet)?
Is there a jurisprudential principle that states: "For the father is obedience, and for the mother is contentment"? And if there isn't, then what is the response to one who says it, and what are the limits of obeying the mother in Islam?
Were there an elderly Jewish man and woman, married, who committed adultery during the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and refused the Torah's ruling of stoning, so they resorted to the Prophet to judge between them, and he said to them: "Judge by what is in your book"? And is this evidence of the Torah's authenticity, as the Messenger of Allah judged by it?
Is it true what was reported on the authority of Ibn al-Qayyim in "Al-Da' wa al-Dawa'" that Allah's Khalil (friend) Ibrahim (peace be upon him) used to visit Lady Hagar every day from Sham on Al-Buraq due to his ardent love for her?
What is the explanation of the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah has enjoined duties, so do not neglect them; and He has set limits, so do not transgress them; and He has remained silent about things, out of mercy for you, not forgetfulness, so do not search into them," and what is meant by the things that should not be searched into?
Is the Hadith Qudsi that mentions the conditions for accepting prayer and its outcomes, which states: "I only accept the prayer from one who humbles himself by it before My greatness, and does not act with arrogance towards My creation, and does not spend the night persisting in disobedience to Me, and spends his day in My remembrance, and shows mercy to the needy, the traveler, and the widow, and shows mercy to the afflicted," and its six outcomes, authentic or weak?