Hadith and Authenticity
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What is the authenticity and chain of transmission of the Hadith: "Allah looks into the heart of the Imam; if He finds it righteous, He accepts his prayer and the prayer of those with him. But if He does not find the Imam's heart righteous, He looks into the hearts of the congregants; if they are righteous, He accepts their prayer and the prayer of their Imam"?
ما صحة الحديث الذي يذكر أن في النار واديًا يسمى وادي الملحم، تعيش فيه حيات وعقارب تصف تارك الصلاة؟
Is it true that if believers enter Hellfire on the Day of Resurrection, it will become cool and peaceful for them, just as it was for our master Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and that this Hadith is found in Musnad Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal?
Is the principle "Disparagement takes precedence over commendation" sound, and does it apply only to Hadith narrators?
What is the authenticity of the narration reported from Saeed ibn Jubayr regarding his asking Ibn Abbas about the interpretation of Allah's saying: "And We tested you with a severe testing"?
What is the authenticity of the statement that God, for a Muslim, is not only the Creator of the universe but also its Sustainer, and that the ruler is His sword and spear on Earth, and that the life of a Muslim is a divine mandate and a trial necessitating complete submission and surrender, and that seeking reasons and resorting to them harks back to the suspicion of the accursed Iblis?
Is a hadith that was narrated by trustworthy imams all the way to the core of the hadith, and then narrated by weak narrators thereafter, considered sound or weak?
What is the ruling on the method of one who believes that if Sunnah hadiths are not in the Two Sahihs, their authenticity must be verified; and that he mentions the reason for weakening the hadith, and mentions those who preceded him in authenticating it; and he favors the view of the majority when there is disagreement in authenticating narrators; and he considers a narrator unknown if only one lenient scholar authenticated him, and truthful if two lenient scholars authenticated him; and he takes into account corroborating reports (shawāhid) and follow-ups (mutābaʿāt) when authenticating or weakening, even though some object to this method claiming it is an innovation?
What is the authenticity and meaning of the Hadith: "And whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah makes him self-sufficient; and whoever seeks contentment, Allah makes him content; and whoever seeks patience, Allah makes him patient"?
What is the authenticity of the narrations regarding the virtue of pomegranates, such as: "Pomegranate is the master of fruits," "Whoever eats a pomegranate angers his devil for forty mornings," and "When he [the Prophet] ate it, he would not share it with anyone"? And what is the authenticity of the narration reported from al-Sadiq, from his father, from Ali ibn al-Husayn (peace be upon them), that "Whoever eats a pomegranate on an empty stomach on Friday will have his heart illuminated for forty mornings, and the whispering of Satan will be driven away from him, and whoever has the whispering of Satan driven away from him will not disobey Allah Almighty, and whoever does not disobey Allah will be admitted into Paradise"?
What is the authenticity of the hadith, "The believer is astute and discerning"?
What is the authenticity of the hadith narrated from Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) with the wording: "Shun the cold at its beginning, and welcome it at its end, for it does to you what it does to the leaves of trees"?
Is the hadith “O Allah, I complain to You of my weakness, lack of strength, and helplessness” authentically established, and is it permissible to supplicate with it?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Upon a whale of light, quivering in the light," which describes the place of Allah before creation, and did Ibn Hajar transmit it?
Is it true that some scholars sometimes act upon a weak hadith and not upon an authentic hadith?
Does the Hadith: "Indeed, in Paradise there is a marketplace where there is no buying or selling, except for images of men and women. So, if a man desires an image, he enters into it," mean that a man in Paradise can transform into a woman and be coupled with as women are, and that a woman can transform into a man and have relations with women as men do? And does this align with "And therein is whatever your souls desire"?
What is the authenticity of the story of Asma bint Yazid, who questioned the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about the status of women in the presence of a gathering of the Companions?
I would like to know the authenticity of the hadith that states "a fire will emerge from Aden Abyan."
What is the evidence from the Salaf for accepting Hadiths that the Ummah received with acceptance, and no one before them received with acceptance?
Is the phrase "Then a child fell between her legs, and she stained what was there with blood" in the Hadith of the blind man who killed his slave-woman authentic and firmly established from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him? And if so, can this be interpreted to mean that the man was blind and unaware of her pregnancy, or that the child did not die?
How authentic is the Hadith: "No young man has ever honored an old man for his age but Allah destined for him one who would honor him in his old age"?
Is performing ablution upon hearing the Iqamah, as mentioned in the Hadith "The Adhan during the time of the Messenger of Allah was twice… when we heard the Iqamah, we would perform ablution, then go out to prayer," considered laziness concerning prayer due to potentially missing the opening Takbir and perhaps other actions of the prayer?
How can one get rid of doubt regarding the authenticity of prophetic hadiths and ascertain their genuineness?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "Whoever drinks harmal for forty mornings, a mithqal each day, for the illumination of wisdom in his heart, will be cured of seventy-two diseases, the least of which is leprosy?"