Hadith and Authenticity
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To what extent is the hadith sound: "What Allah has declared lawful in His Book is lawful, and what He has declared unlawful is unlawful, and what He has remained silent about is a dispensation, so accept the dispensation from Allah, for Allah is not forgetful." Then he recited this verse: "And your Lord is never forgetful" (Maryam: 64)? Is it permissible to use it as an argument, and what should we do with hadiths regarding which the sayings of the scholars have differed?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Remember Allah until they say [you are] mad"? What is the position of the hadith scholars concerning it? And can this hadith be used as evidence for the permissibility of communal dhikr and dancing?
What is meant by the phrase "al-wala' (loyalty/allegiance) to the one who freed (a slave)" in the Prophetic Hadith: is it referring to guardianship (al-wilayah) or general allegiance (al-wala' al-'amm)?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Keep knocking on the door of Paradise, and it will be opened for you," and is it valid for knocking on the door to be by hunger and thirst?
What is the ruling on killing a black dog—acting upon the hadith—if it is a police dog used to help uncover criminals and explosives?
What is the authenticity of the hadith that mentions the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, commanding guardians not to marry off their daughters to those who are ugly in appearance or deformed in creation, and what are the rulings associated with it, and what is the meaning of "ugly in appearance"?
Is Hadith No. 976 in "Al-Adab Al-Mufrad" authentic or weak, and what are the reasons for its weakness if it is weak?
What is the meaning of the Hadith classification "Hasan Gharib" and what are the ranks of Hadiths that are permissible to use as evidence?
What is the authenticity and meaning of the Hadith "Of whomsoever I am Mawla, Ali is also his Mawla"?
How authentic is the Hadith: "Allah Almighty created a thousand nations, six hundred of them in the sea and four hundred on land. The first thing to perish from these nations is the locust. When it perishes, [the rest] follow one after another, like a string [of pearls] when its thread is cut"? Can it be used as evidence for the non-extinction of dinosaurs? And what is the ruling on acting upon it if it is not authentic?
What is the meaning of the the Prophet's (PBUH) saying to Abu Hurairah: "So either stick to that or leave it"?
What is the authenticity of the story of Zayd ibn Sa'nah, the Jew who tested the Prophet, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, regarding his religion, and then embraced Islam?
Is it true that mutawātir hadiths are very few, perhaps not reaching one hundred, and they are the only ones whose authenticity is 100% certain, while other hadiths, including sahih ones, are not? And what are these mutawātir hadiths, and why are they not emphasized more than others?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "Whoever answers the Muezzin and says what he says will have the reward of a million good deeds"?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "O Salman, do not hate me lest you abandon your religion... you hate the Arabs, so you hate me"?
How can the soundest narrations in Sahih Al-Bukhari be distinguished, given the existence of multiple narrations for the same Hadith, such as the Hadith "Deeds are by intentions," and does Al-Bukhari's statement: "So-and-so bin So-and-so followed him" mean that the followed narration is the soundest?
What is the share of each heir from the inheritance of the deceased who left behind one daughter, a full sister from the father's side, and a full paternal uncle from the father's side?
What is the authenticity of the following hadiths: "Two men boasted before the Prophet, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, one from Mudar and the other from Yemen. The Yemeni said: 'I am from Himyar, not from Rabi'a, nor from Mudar.' The Prophet, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, said to him: '(So may your escape be more difficult, your luck more wretched, and your distance from your Prophet greater),'" and (The best of the Arabs are Mudar, and the best of Mudar are Banu Abd Manaf)?
Was the Prophet the first of creation, made from light, and was creation solely for his sake?
Is it true that Talhah ibn Ubaydillah defended the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, at Uhud and sustained over sixty wounds, then lived thereafter to be called "the martyr who walks on the earth," before being martyred at the Battle of the Camel?
Is the preference (tarjih) in the science of Hadith terminology merely a deception to negate the contradiction between hadiths, and can other religions adopt the same approach?
What is the authenticity of Abu al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi's statement that some of the hadiths in "Musnad Imam Ahmad" are fabricated?
Is there a consensus among scholars regarding specific cases or issues in which it is permissible to declare someone an infidel (kafir) without establishing proof, and is one excused who deliberately avoids having the proof reach him?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith attributed to Ibn Majah which states that the repentance of a young person lifts the torment from the people of the graves between the East and the West for forty days, and the phrase, "May Allah illuminate the face of whoever reads this Hadith and conveys it"?