Hadith and Authenticity
3,572 questions
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "I am innocent of whoever lives forty days amongst the polytheists," and what is the Shar'i ruling on a Muslim residing in the lands of disbelief for work or study?
How can one reconcile the description of Tamim al-Dari and the Dajjal as “the greatest human being we have ever seen in creation” with the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) description of him as “short, bow-legged, curly-haired, one-eyed with a flat eye”?
What is a Muslim's duty upon hearing a Hadith and doubting its authenticity, especially if heard in a public place where it is difficult to consult the speaker?
What was the first Hadith with which Al-Bukhari opened his Sahih, and what was the last?
What is the reason why the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not ask the man who married his father's wife to repent before killing him? Was the permissibility in this case a matter of the heart or a revelation? Is it obligatory for a verdict to be issued in person before the Hadd punishment is carried out? Does the marriage of a Muslim woman to a Christian carry the same ruling?
Is it permissible to attribute the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to a specific nationality (Yemeni, Shami, Iraqi) based on his place of residence or lineage?
What is the ruling on participating in literary competitions that are sponsored or have their prizes provided by usurious banks?
Is an aversion to martyrdom, out of fear of physical pain and the sight of blood, considered a weakness in faith despite performing acts of worship?
Is there a Prophetic Hadith that encourages hunting—of all types—in order to defy the Jews?
How can the hadith, "If the man's fluid precedes the woman's fluid, the fetus will be male; and if the woman's fluid precedes the man's fluid, the fetus will be female," be reconciled with the hadith, "The man's fluid creates the bones and nerves... and the woman's fluid creates the blood and flesh," in explaining the creation of humans and the determination of their sex?
Is "May God not bless the predestined wage" an authentic and agreed-upon Prophetic Hadith, and how can it be applied in a public institution, and does it mean leaving one's job?
Is the Hadith: "What an excellent people are the 'Anazah; they are oppressed, yet victorious" authentic?
Is the Hadith, "Hussain is from me, and I am from Hussain," authentic, and what is the meaning of "and I am from Hussain"?
How authentic is the Hadith: "O son of Adam, you invoked against him who wronged you, and he whom you wronged invoked against you. If you wish, We shall answer you and answer against you. And if you wish, We shall postpone both of you until the Hereafter, and My forgiveness will encompass both of you"?
What is the degree of authenticity of the Hadith: "How will you be when your women rebel, your youth go astray, and you abandon your jihad?" Are there chains of transmission that strengthen each other, and where did the Hadith scholars record it, knowing that Al-Hafiz Al-Iraqi graded its chain of narration as weak?
To what extent is it true that the wording of the Shahada, "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," appears word-for-word in the Hadith, and what is the way to confirm or deny its authenticity, especially given that it does not appear in this wording in the Six Books, and Shaykh Al-Albani did not authenticate it?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Woe to him to whom fingers point, even if for good"?
What are the limits of backbiting, and does it include speaking about the faults of one who has wronged the speaker, and what is the authenticity of the hadith: "There is no backbiting for a transgressor"?
Is eating the mynah bird permissible, knowing that it is a brown bird with a yellow beak and a yellow patch around its eyes?
Who is Ziyad ibn Abih?
To what extent is the hadith sound which came to the effect that whoever invokes blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, one hundred times a day, Allah will fulfill for him seventy needs on the Day of Resurrection and thirty needs in this world?
Which are the most authentic Mustakhrajat on the Two Sahihs, what are the benefits of classifying them, what is the criterion for accepting from them, and is it permissible to accept from them and then say, "narrated by Al-Bukhari or Muslim"?
How sound is the sacred Hadith (Hadith Qudsi): "Tell My servants to say 'Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh' (There is no might nor power except with Allah) ten times in the morning, ten times in the evening, and ten times before sleep. It will ward off the machinations of Satan from them in the evening, and it will ward off My worst wrath in the morning"?
What is the authenticity of the narration by Umar ibn al-Khattab in Sahih Muslim, which is used by the Shia to argue that Aisha and Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with them both) hurt the Prophet (peace be upon him), and which states: "O daughter of Abu Bakr! Has it reached a point that you would hurt the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)?" and "O Hafsa! Has it reached a point that you would hurt the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)? By Allah, you know that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) does not love you, and were it not for me, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) would have divorced you?"