Hadith and Authenticity
3,572 questions
How authentic is the story that Al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) had a great dining table (khawan) in Madinah, and what is the reference for that?
Did Imam Bukhari issue a fatwa that the milk of an animal (beast) establishes prohibition (i.e., makes one a mahram), and did he retract this fatwa?
What is the meaning of the following Hadiths: "Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt," and "If you feel no shame, then do as you please," and "Every person starts his day as a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or bringing about its ruin," and "There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm," and "If people were to be given according to their claims, men would claim the wealth and blood of others, but the burden of proof is on the claimant and the oath is on the one who denies," and "Whoever is slowed down by his deeds will not be hastened by his lineage," and "Give the prescribed shares to their rightful recipients, and whatever remains goes to the closest male," and "Suckling prohibits what birth prohibits"?
Is the circulated story true about the Prophet's (PBUH) prayer in the Al-Kou' Mosque located in Taif, and the stopping of the rock that the polytheists wanted to throw at him during his prayer after his Tashahhud? And is visiting this mosque and praying in it considered an innovation (Bid'ah)?
What is the meaning of "newly come from its Lord" in the context of rainfall in the Noble Prophetic Hadith?
What is the meaning of the phrase "one of the conditions for acting upon a weak hadith is that it falls under an established principle acted upon," along with a request for clarification and examples?
To what extent are the prayers mentioned in Imam Al-Ghazali's book "Secrets of Prayer and Its Essentials," which are repeated weekly (prayers for the days and nights of the week), authentic, given that they are based on narrations with weak chains of transmission?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much. Hypocrisy will appear, trustworthiness will be lifted, mercy will be withdrawn, the trustworthy will be accused, and the untrustworthy will be entrusted. The black stallion has knelt before you"? And is it confirmed that hypocrisy will appear at the end of time? And is it true that hypocrisy existed only in the era of the Prophet and his Companions?
What is the authenticity of the book "Armageddon, The Last Statement, O Ummah of Islam" and the hadiths mentioned therein, and is the hadith of Abu Hurairah on page 39 about Nasser and Sadat and their wars against the Jews authentic?
What is the authenticity and interpretation of the hadith: "Do not initiate the greeting of peace with the People of the Book... and if you meet them on a path, compel them to its narrowest part"?
How sound is the Hadith: "The Qur'an consists of one million and twenty-seven thousand letters, and whoever recites it with patience, seeking Allah's reward, will have a wife from the Houris for every letter"? What is the opinion of Imam Al-Bukhari, Imam Muslim, and other Imams regarding the narrator Hafs ibn Maysarah, in terms of Jarh and Ta'deel (disparagement and accreditation)?
What is the sound evidence for the impurity of vomit? And may Allah reward you with goodness.
Will a Muslim be held accountable for his intention in naming his sons "Muhammad" and "Abdullah" so that they may fulfill one of the conditions for being the awaited Mahdi, knowing that he is keen on raising them well and strives hard in that regard?
Is the aforementioned Hadith about the killing of the People of the House (Ahl al-Bayt) an authentic Hadith?
What is the ruling on growing the beard and shortening the garment, taking into account that grooming the beard is more beautiful than letting it grow, and that covering the legs with the garment is more beautiful than shortening it, and based on the saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him): "Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty, and loves to see the effects of His bounty upon His servant"?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "There are no two servants who love each other for the sake of Allah, but when one of them meets his companion, shakes his hand, and they both invoke blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they will not part until their sins, past and future, are forgiven"? And should one act upon it if it is weak?
Are the hadiths narrated by the Companions before their conversion to Islam accepted?
Is it true that it was narrated from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the voices of the disbelievers are veiled from Allah, and does this mean that Allah does not hear their prayers, and how can this be true when Allah is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing?
What is the detailed explanation of the Hadith "You and your wealth belong to your father," and does it apply to a father who takes the money of his sick son, who has young children in need of it, especially since the father has sufficient resources for himself?
Should the worshiper raise his hands while sitting after the Tashahhud in the second Rak'ah and then stand up and say "Allahu Akbar," or should he stand up first and then raise his hands and say "Allahu Akbar"?
What is the authenticity of the hadith, "There is no Muslim servant who says three times when he reaches the evening or the morning, 'I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Islam as my religion, and with Muhammad as a Prophet,' except that it is a right upon Allah to please him on the Day of Resurrection," which is widely circulated in adhkar applications and popular religious accounts? And is it sufficient to rely on it for adhkar if it is weak or unauthentic, or must one adhere only to the adhkar traditions narrated from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him?
How authentic and what is the interpretation of the Hadith: "Indeed, these lineages of yours are not a cause for insulting anyone, for you are all children of Adam. You have not filled a single measure (of good deeds). No one has any superiority over another except through religion or righteous action. It is enough disgrace for a man to be foul-mouthed, rude, stingy, and cowardly"?
What is the explanation of the hadith "If you were to uncover yourselves, you would not bury one another," and what is the fatwa regarding the state of a person who is "uncovered"?
Is Ibn Taymiyyah's statement that the Prophet sits with God on the Throne, and that the Messenger saw God in the form of a young man, and his citing a hadith to support that, and that he was imprisoned for his fatwa on the eternality of the world's genus with God—does this constitute disbelief (kufr)?