Hadith and Authenticity
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Is it true to say that disbelieving in analogy (qiyas) and ijtihad (independent reasoning), and [claiming] that drugs were not explicitly forbidden in Islam, and that we do not know whether they are haram (forbidden), makruh (disliked), or have another ruling, and [claiming] that Islam forbade drugs but the Prophet did not say so—is this true?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "You must drink honey"? May Allah reward you with goodness.
What is the difference between understanding the authenticity of a Hadith directly from its chain of narration (isnad) in Bukhari or Muslim, and the need for other Hadith scholars to authenticate it? And how is the authenticity of Hadiths understood when they appear in books of Tafsir (exegesis) where it suffices to state "Narrated by so-and-so" without mentioning the Hadith's classification?
Is the Hadith "Islam began as something strange and will return as something strange" authentic? What is its interpretation? And how does it reconcile with Allah's preservation of the Remembrance?
What is the ruling on one who cites half of Quranic verses and half of Hadiths to interpret the reality of the Ummah?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Whoever dies upon a will dies upon a path and a Sunnah, and dies upon piety and martyrdom, and dies forgiven"?
Is the report narrated in Musnad Ibn Razin—that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, recited Surat Al-Ikhlas into the ear of a newborn—considered authentic by the Hadith scholars, and what is the opinion of the verifiers regarding it?
What is the authenticity of the statement that henna is one of the plants of Paradise, and what is the legitimate proof for that? And is one sinful if they dislike it?
Is it obligatory to fast for a week as vowed in a dream?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "If I test My servant with an affliction in his body, or his wealth, or his family, and he faces that with beautiful patience, I would be ashamed on the Day of Resurrection to set up a scale for him or raise a register for him, and I would admit him to Paradise without reckoning"?
Will God hold the questioner accountable for having an illicit relationship, despite its termination?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Whoever leaves a stranger in his household while he knows it, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Judgment"? And is it permissible to leave a guest at home when he is too lazy to pray at the mosque and go to pray, or should one pray at home?
Are the narrations mentioned regarding the permissibility of sprinkling water on madhy (pre-seminal fluid) authentic and actionable?
Who is Abu Yahya, to whom the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The transaction has profited, O Abu Yahya! The transaction has profited, O Abu Yahya!"?
What is the ruling on addressing a disbeliever with the terms "O Master" and "O Friend"?
To what extent is the authenticity of the Hadith that mentions that Jibreel (peace be upon him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of the virtue of a great supplication that forgives sins, brings security, grants victory over enemies, and is a cause for entering Paradise, and that it contains Allah's Greatest Name, and this Hadith has been attributed to Umar, Uthman, Abu Bakr, and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them), with the mention of the text of the supplication?
What is meant by seeking refuge from an evil day, an evil night, an evil hour, an evil companion, and an evil neighbor in the abode of residence?
What is the degree of authenticity and merit of the hadith mentioning the remembrance, "Glorified are You, O Allah, and with Your praise, I bear witness that there is no god but You, I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You," after ablution?
Is what happened between me and my wife before marriage, in terms of sexual practices over the phone and a promise of marriage, considered zina (fornication/adultery) and unlawful?
What is the authenticity of the hadith concerning the recitation of Surat Al-Fatiha, dividing it verse by verse, and pausing at the end of each verse, and what is its implication regarding the obligation of pausing at the end of every verse absolutely, even if it is strongly connected to what follows, such as: "Woe to those who pray الذين هم عن صلاتهم ساهون (who are heedless of their prayer)"?
Is it permissible to marry one's paternal aunt's daughter, knowing that the questioner and her paternal aunt's son were both suckled by the grandfather's second wife (who is neither the mother of the father nor the paternal aunt), and the number of times they were suckled is not remembered?
What is the authenticity of the story of the Prophet's donkey (peace be upon him) that dismounted into a well after his death?
Is the Ḥadīth that mentions the story of the Bedouin who came to the Prophet with a lizard (ḍabb), and the lizard bore witness to the Prophet’s prophethood, which led to the Bedouin’s embracing Islam and the Islam of a thousand polytheist horsemen, authentic or weak?
What is the authenticity of the hadith and the story related to Salman's saying to Asbagh ibn Nubata: "O Salman, a dead person will speak to you when your death approaches," and the subsequent conversation between Salman and the dead person in the graveyard?