Hadith and Authenticity
2,058 questions
What is the authenticity of the story of the shaykh who used to steal, and the soil cast him out upon his death?
What is the ruling on the pause before bowing, and is it a Sunnah or an innovation?
What is the meaning of the phrase "ولا تنقض الشهادة" (and the testimony is not to be invalidated), and what is the intended testimony that is not to be invalidated, in the context of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal's saying: "We do not bear witness against anyone from the people of the Qiblah that he is in the Fire for a sin he committed or a major sin he perpetrated, unless there is a Hadith concerning that, in which case we narrate the Hadith as it came, according to what was narrated, and we affirm it and know that it is as it came, and the testimony is not to be invalidated"?
What is the ruling regarding what happened to your brother, for which four people died, and do the compensations paid by the company count as blood money (diyah)?
Why did great imams such as Ibn Hanbal, Al-Tirmidhi, and Al-Bukhari use weak and fabricated hadiths? Were research and verification tools unavailable to them? Is it possible that newer methods for evaluating hadiths might become available in the future?
ما صحة حديث "طاعة المرأة ندامة"؟
What is meant by the word "sabaqa" (سبق) in the noble Hadith: "The Mufarridun have excelled," and is this Hadith of the highest degree of authenticity?
Is there a contradiction between the Hadith of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman and the Hadith of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam—both of which are authentic—concerning who brought news of the enemy on the Day of the Confederates (Ahzab), especially since books of سیرah (biographies of the Prophet) mention that Hudhayfah was the one whom the Prophet commanded to do so?
Is the supplication (du'a) mentioned, which Gabriel descended with to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and which begins with "O He who reveals the beautiful and conceals the ugly" and ends with "I ask You, O Allah, not to disfigure my creation with the Fire," along with its accompanying great reward, authentic?
What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "O Allah, grant me the best of what You grant Your righteous servants." So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him: "Then your horse would be hamstrung and you would be martyred in the way of Allah"?
What is the guardianship (wilayah) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, intended for Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, with his saying: "He is your guardian after me" or "He is the guardian of every believer after me"?
How is the authenticity of a Prophetic Hadith verified, or an narration transmitted from a Companion or a Successor?
Does a Hadith abrogate a Quranic verse, and what is the authenticity of abrogating accountability for self-talk by a Hadith?
How many times should one say, "Subhan Allah 'adada ma khalaqa..." (Glory be to Allah as many times as the number of His creations...) and "Alhamdulillah 'adada ma khalaqa..." (Praise be to Allah as many times as the number of His creations...) to attain the virtue of this remembrance?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Whoever remembers Allah Almighty frequently, Allah loves him, and whoever remembers Allah often, two immunities are written for him: immunity from Hellfire and immunity from hypocrisy"?
Is applying the divinely prescribed punishments (hudud) to the weak and abandoning them for the strong a greater sin than abandoning their application for everyone, as understood from the hadith: "What destroyed those before you was that if a person of high status among them stole, they would let him go, but if a weak person among them stole, they would cut off his hand. By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, if Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad, were to steal, I would cut off her hand"?
ما هي شروط إخراج الحديث عند ابن ماجه وأبي داود والترمذي والنسائي؟
Is it considered an anomaly for a Hadith to contradict something known by necessity to be part of the religion?
What is the response to a person who claims to be a Muslim yet doubts the truthfulness of Allah Almighty in His promises and the authenticity of the Prophetic hadiths, and how can we respond to him without citing the Holy Quran?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Whoever prays two prayers without idleness or clamor between them, a book will be written for him in Illiyin"?
What is the degree of authenticity of the hadiths: "Indeed, Allah hastens the taking of the best among you" and "Beware of youth, for it is a fire that flares up and water that ceases"?
How do we reconcile the ritual impurity (najāsa) of a small amount of water upon encountering impurity, with the purity of a garment if a small amount of water comes upon an impurity on it? And does the difference lie in the water coming upon the impurity?
Is a person sinful if they feel negative emotions toward some people, such as hatred or unease upon seeing them or hearing news about them? And is this considered “hatred for the sake of Allah,” or “mobilized souls,” or is it an indication of an unbalanced personality?
Is it forbidden to let one's garment hang below the ankles, and what is the reason for Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq's exception from this prohibition, and does this exception include those who are like him?