Hadith and Authenticity
3,572 questions
What is the ruling on placing the index finger in the ear during the Adhan, and is there any Hadith from the Prophet (peace be upon him) stating that he stood and gave the Adhan, and what are the conditions that, if met by a woman, make her the woman about whom the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "So win the one who is religious, you will prosper"?
Is it permissible to narrate a Prophetic Hadith with some alteration of its wording?
Is the Hadith: "The testimony of a woman is not permissible in marriage, Hudud (punishments), and divorce" authentic, what is the reason for not accepting her testimony in these cases, and who narrated it?
What is the authenticity of the hadith: "They will exit it in throngs just as they entered it in throngs," and is it among the signs of the Hour?
Is it harmful to say "On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah said" instead of "On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said"?
What is the meaning of the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "The Dajjal will be followed by seventy thousand of the Jews of Isfahan, wearing Persian cloaks (tayalisah)"? Is "tayalisah" the same as the Shia turban? Is "Isfahan" the present-day Esfahan? And will the Jews return there upon the appearance of the Dajjal, despite their current gathering in Palestine?
How sound is the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah does not look at the crooked row"?
What is the meaning of the Hadith that forbids breathing into a vessel; and does this include private and public vessels, and does it prohibit blowing on tea to cool it?
What is the excuse of ignorance that prevents someone who deliberately abandons prayer from being declared a disbeliever? Does it concern ignorance that prayer is obligatory, or ignorance that abandoning it is disbelief?
What is the explanation and interpretation of the weak Hadith: "Repent to your Lord before you die, and hasten to do good deeds before you become preoccupied, and connect what is between you and Him by frequently remembering Him," in terms of the meaning of "connect" (صلوا), and "by frequently remembering Him" (بكثرة ذكركم إياه), and who is addressed in "between you" (بينكم) and "Him" (إياه)?
Is the saying, "Souls are conscripted soldiers; those that recognize one another become harmonious, and those that dispute one another diverge," authentic? What is its evidence in Islam and daily life? Can it be applied to thinking about people or seeing them in a dream, then meeting or contacting them? What is its significance between the sexes, and does it lead to eternal harmony and bonding, such as marriage? Is meeting by chance or contacting someone after one of them has thought about the other considered a meeting of souls?
Are all the Hadiths narrated by Al-Tirmidhi authentic? And is the Hadith that states that whoever recites Al-Dukhan on a given night will have seventy thousand angels seeking forgiveness for him among them? And how should one deal with Hadiths that are not narrated by the Two Shaykhs and whose authenticity is not mentioned?
Does the word "above" in the description of the Prophet's (PBUH) gesture of placing his thumb on his middle finger mean that the middle finger is beneath the thumb, which would necessitate moving the gesture from right to left as the Malikis view, or is there another interpretation for this posture?
How sound is the popular saying: "A morsel in the mouth of a hungry person is better than building a thousand mosques"?
Is the warning in the hadith: "Any man to whom Allah the Almighty has given knowledge, and he conceals it, Allah the Almighty will bridle him on the Day of Resurrection with a bridle of fire" restricted to concealment after being asked, or does it include everyone to whom Allah has given knowledge and he conceals it?
Is the hadith that states that Imru' al-Qays is in the Fire authentic?
Is the hadith: "Adultery is a debt that is repaid from one's own kin" authentic from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?
Is it permissible to create a section in forums dedicated to collecting supplications from members to build an encyclopedia of supplications?
Is "To Allah belong men who, if they will, Allah wills" a Qur'anic verse, and if so, what is its interpretation?
Is there an authentic Hadith stating that the Prophet replied to a man who greeted him with the pre-Islamic greeting "An'im Sabahhan" (May you have a pleasant morning) by saying that Allah had replaced it with something better, namely "Al-Salamu Alaykum" (Peace be upon you)?
What is the reason for the narration of the hadith: "There is no usury between a Muslim and a disbeliever in the lands of disbelief," and what were its occasion, place, and intended audience?
Did Al-Hakim document Abu Al-Nadr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf Al-Faqih in terms of morals and worship, considering that he narrated over a hundred hadiths from him in Al-Mustadrak? Is Al-Hakim's documentation of a contemporary person preponderant? Did anyone other than Al-Dhahabi mention his classification of a mustakhraj on Sahih Muslim? Is Al-Mas'udi, the author of Tabaqat Al-Huffaz, trustworthy? Did anyone else besides Al-Hakim and Al-Dhahabi, such as Al-Bayhaqi or Al-Daraqutni or others, document him?
What is the authenticity of the narration that states the pre-Islamic greeting "May you be greeted in the evening and may you be greeted in the morning" was changed to "peace" (As-Salam)?
How sound is the Hadith: "My servant, I remind you, yet you forget Me; I conceal your sins, yet you do not fear Me. Had I commanded the earth, it would have swallowed you in its belly; or the seas, they would have drowned you in their depths. But I defer you until a term I have appointed and a time I have set. And surely, you and every soul must pass by Me and stand before Me. I will enumerate your deeds to you and remind you of your actions, until, when you are certain of ruin and realize you are among the people of the Fire, I will bestow My forgiveness upon you and grant you My pleasure, and I will say to you, 'Do not grieve, for I have forgiven your sins and burdens.' And for your sake, I named Myself Al-Aziz, Al-Ghaffar (The All-Mighty, The Ever-Forgiving)"?