Hadith and Authenticity
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What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Treat your women kindly, for the Children of Israel did not treat their women kindly, so their women committed adultery"?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "Whichever caller calls to something, he will remain standing with it until the Day of Resurrection; it will not leave him, nor will he leave it," which was narrated by Al-Tirmidhi?
To what extent is the hadith "May Allah have mercy on a person who prays four rak'ahs before Asr" authentic, and is it a supplication from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that includes whoever observes these rak'ahs even once, or is continuous observance required?
What is the explanation of the Hadith: "Forty characteristics, the highest of which is the gift of a she-goat. There is no doer who performs any of these characteristics, hoping for its reward and believing in its promised outcome, except that Allah will admit him into Paradise through it"?
If a person embraces Islam at my hands, who inherits from him if he dies and there is no Muslim in his family?
"Is the Hadith, 'Eating and drinking are two 'awrahs, so cover them,' authentic?"
Is the Prophetic Hadith: "Were dogs not a nation among the nations created by Allah, I would have commanded their killing; so kill every jet-black one among them" authentic? And why was the killing of jet-black dogs commanded?
What is the authenticity of the two hadiths regarding the virtues of the tribes of Sukun, Sakasik, and Khawlan, and is the first one found in Musnad Ahmad?
What is the appropriate response to those who cast doubt on the Prophetic hadiths narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari, including: "(Our Lord will then uncover His Shin and every believing male and female will prostrate before Him, and there will remain none who used to prostrate in the world for showing off and for gaining good reputation, but will find his back as a single plate, and whenever he intends to prostrate, his back will become stiff)", and hadiths about Allah's manifestation and seeing Him, and the Hadith of the Secret Counsel (Najwa): (".. He says: Allah will bring the believer near and cover him with His screen and ask him: Do you know such and such a sin? Do you know such and such a sin? He will say: Yes, O my Lord. Until when He makes him confess all his sins and he thinks that he is doomed, Allah will say: I concealed them for you in the worldly life, and I forgive them for you today. Then he will be given the book of his good deeds. As for the disbeliever and the hypocrites, the witnesses will say: 'These are the ones who lied against their Lord.' Unquestionably, the curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers"), and the hadith of Nikah al-Mut'ah (temporary marriage), and the hadith of the woman who offered herself to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "My Ummah will continue to be good as long as they enjoin good, forbid evil, and cooperate in righteousness. But if they do not do that, blessings will be removed from them, some of them will be given authority over others, and they will have no helper on earth or in heaven"?
Is the statement of a husband to his wife: "If you speak with him again, the end of our relationship will be divorce," considered a divorce if what was reported about the other party going to a sorcerer to perform magic on his wife to keep the relationship going is true, and how can she be helped to overcome the magic?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "There will come upon you rulers who bring the worst of people near and delay the prayer from its appointed times. Whoever among you witnesses that, let him not be a leader (arif), nor a policeman (shurati), nor a tax collector (jābi), nor a treasurer (khāzin) for them"? What are the details of its narrator, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mas'ud al-Yashkuri? Does Ibn Hibban's authentication of him, despite the weakening of the chain of transmission (isnad), have an effect? What is the ruling on a narrator whom some authenticate and others weaken, along with a request for an explanation of the hadith?
How sound is the Hadith which mentions that the inscription on the Seal of Prophethood was: "Muhammad the Messenger of Allah," such that the word "Muhammad" was on the top line, "Messenger" on the middle line, and "Allah" on the third line?
How sound is the Hadith which mentions that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw his Lord in the best form, and He asked him about what the Exalted Assembly dispute, then He placed His hand between his shoulders, whereupon he knew what is in the heavens and the earth, and he recited the verse: "And thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth that he might be of those who have certainty"?
Is Al-Sham the quiver of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?
What is the authenticity of the hadith, "He whom Allah has granted health, but does not visit the House of Allah every five years, is indeed deprived"? And does it refer to Hajj or Umrah, or both?
What is the ruling on this statement, and is it permissible to preach with it?
Is it permissible to sell cats for their capital cost only, or must one dispose of them by other means, bearing the loss, in the event that selling them is prohibited?
Is it permissible for the team organizing a university trip to take the funds exceeding the trip’s expenses and divide them among themselves? Is it permissible for them to go on the trip for free? Is it permissible to reduce the discount percentage allocated to four of their organizing colleagues due to their limited participation in the arrangements? Is it permissible for the main organizer to take the discount amount (50 pounds per person) that he received from the parent company?
Was the Prophet (peace be upon him) accustomed to abandoning his prayer upon seeing a star appear in the sky?
How can the Hadith of Tamim Al-Dari concerning the Dajjal (Antichrist), and that he is alive until his emergence, be reconciled with the Prophet’s Hadith, "There will be no Companion alive after the year 110 AH"?
How authentic is the Qudsi Hadith: "Do not curse time, for I am time"? And am I sinful for saying it is weak? What should I do if I do not correct the information in front of the person to whom I said that?
Is it true that the Prophet, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, used to recite the entire Qur'an in a second while riding his horse, by analogy with what was stated in Sahih Al-Bukhari about David's, peace be upon him, recitation of the Zabur?
How accurate is it to identify the nations mentioned in the hadith, "They will come to you under eighty banners, and under each banner will be twelve thousand," as America, Israel, and their allies? And are they the Banu al-Asfar (Children of the Yellow, i.e., East Asians) or the Romans?