Hadith and Authenticity
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What should we do regarding the spread of fabricated hadiths and innovated supplications, such as the prayer "Ya Wadud, Ya Wadud..." (O Most Loving, O Most Loving...), on the internet and in mobile messages?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith attributed to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, regarding the effect of weekdays on trimming nails, which states: "Whoever trims his nails on Saturday, leprosy will afflict his fingers; and whoever trims his nails on Sunday, blessings will depart from him; and whoever trims his nails on Monday, he will become a memorizer, a reciter, and a writer; and whoever trims them on Tuesday—ruin will befall him; and whoever trims them on Wednesday, he will become ill-tempered; and whoever trims them on Thursday, disease will exit him and healing will enter him; and whoever trims his nails on Friday, his lifespan will be increased"?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "Whoever among you wakes up secure in his dwelling, healthy in his body, and has the sustenance of his day, it is as if the whole world has been gathered for him"?
What is the authenticity of prohibiting musical instruments, and is the hadith "They will deem lawful sexual promiscuity, silk, wine, and musical instruments" weak due to the presence of four deviant men and an 'an'anah (reporting with "on the authority of") in its chain of transmission, as mentioned by Dr. Hussein Al-Naqeeb?
Is it permissible to marry the sister of my brother's wife, given that my mother claims to have breastfed my brother's wife, but there are no witnesses to this, and knowing my mother's frequent dishonesty?
Are all of the hadiths in Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim authentic, or are there weak hadiths among them?
What is the explanation of Mu'adh's Hadith: "The flourishing of Bayt al-Maqdis is the ruin of Yathrib, and the ruin of Yathrib is the emergence of the great battle (al-Malhama), and the emergence of the great battle is the conquest of Constantinople, and the conquest of Constantinople is the emergence of the Dajjal"?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "There is no prayer for the neighbor of the mosque"?
How could Sheikh Al-Albani have overlooked the great scholars who preceded him, who did not deem weak the hadiths that he did, even though they were more knowledgeable than him and closer to the Hadith?
Is the Hadith, "If one person precedes another in informing them, the Fire is forbidden for them," authentic?
Is the hadith that mentions the torture of the Jews and the gouging out of their eyes in Al-Harra after the siege of Khaybar authentic? And if it is authentic, why did the Messenger do that? And how do we respond to the accusation against the Messenger of being merciless and to the saying that women are impure?
Is there a prophetic Hadith stating the division of the Ummah into two groups, and if so, what are these two groups?
What is the authenticity and explanation of the hadith of Nu'man ibn Bashir in Imam Ahmad's Musnad regarding the division of time into Prophethood, then a Rightly-Guided Caliphate, then an oppressive kingship, then a tyrannical kingship, then the return of the Rightly-Guided Caliphate? Has it been fully realized, or are we in one of its eras? And what is the meaning of "oppressive" and "tyrannical"? And what is the significance of his saying "then he became silent"?
What is meant by "wheat for wheat" in the Noble Hadith, and what is the benefit of this exchange?
Is it correct to quote Al-Nawawi in Sharh Muslim regarding the Prophet’s saying, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: "Even if your back is flogged and your wealth is taken," that he said: "Even if your back is unjustly beaten and your wealth is wrongfully taken," by constructing the verb in the passive voice?
How authentic is the Hadith, "The best of names are those that are praised and those that are worshipped," and does the name "Hamad" fall under "that which is praised"?
Is the Prophet Muhammad's saying: "I feel a cool breeze coming from India" an authentic hadith?
What is the authenticity of the hadith attributed to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, in which he teaches Mu'adh ibn Jabal a supplication for paying off debt, beginning with "O Allah, Master of the Kingdom..." and ending with "have mercy on me with a mercy by which You make me independent of the mercy of anyone other than You"?
To what extent is the authenticity of the Hadith: "Whoever says 'SubhanAllah, wal-hamdulillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wallahu Akbar' (Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest), for every letter, ten good deeds will be written for him"?
Is the Basmalah before ablution considered a condition such that intentionally omitting it invalidates ablution, for one to whom the Hadith of the Basmalah has been affirmed, based on Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen's statement that "no ablution" negates validity?
What is the authenticity of the hadith attributed to Allah Almighty: "He lied who claimed My love, for when night fell upon him, he slept and left Me"?
What is the authenticity of the mentioned hadith, and is supplicating upon hearing the crow of a rooster and the braying of a donkey restricted to nighttime only, and what is the specific supplication when hearing the crow of a rooster?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "Work for your worldly life as if you live forever, and work for your afterlife as if you die tomorrow"?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith "The best names are those that are praised (hamid) and those that denote servitude ('abd)"?