Sending Blessings
- To what extent is the topic that includes forty benefits of praying upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sound? Is it permissible to publish it in its entirety, or should what has not been authentically established or has been established by a weak hadith be omitted?
- Why did the Prophet (peace be upon him) fear the entanglement of clouds and believe it to be a torment for his people, despite Allah's promise not to torment them while he was among them: "And Allah would not punish them while you were among them" (Quran 8:33)?
- Is there really something known as "Mushaf Fatimah"?
- What is meant by "abandoning clothing" in the prophetic Hadith: "Whoever abandons clothing out of humility to Allah while he is able to afford it, Allah will call him on the Day of Resurrection before all creatures until He gives him the choice to wear whichever of the garments of faith he wishes"? Does this include expensive clothing, and what is the controlling factor in that?
- Is reading the elegy for Yazid ibn Akhi Ma'n ibn Za'idah, which begins with "Is it true that Yazid passed away, O renowned eulogizer, clarify," entail a Shariah prohibition?
- Who are "the Strangers" whom the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned and loved, and when will they appear?
- Why didn't the Prophet Muhammad eat seven 'Ajwa dates to ward off magic and poison, when he was bewitched for six months and affected by poison for four years until he died, while the Hadith states: "Whoever eats seven 'Ajwa dates in the morning will not be harmed on that day by poison or magic"?
- Did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, weep out of longing to see us, as the widespread saying indicates: "Send prayers upon him who wept out of longing to see us"?
- Is saying: "O Allah, bless Muhammad as many times as he has been mentioned by those who remember him," counted as one prayer or by the number of mentions? And is writing a fictional story about a young man who faints and wakes up 23 years later without having aged permissible or forbidden?
- Is it obligatory to inform a colleague who received higher grades than he deserved due to a summation error, and what should I do if he does not inform the person in charge, and am I sinful if I do not inform either of them?
- Is there any problem or observation regarding beginning a supplication with praise, saying: "O Allah, to You be all praise, good, abundant, blessed praise, praise that endures as long as You endure, and You are the Ever-Living who never dies," and then sending blessings upon the Prophet before commencing the supplication?
- How does Allah rejoice at His servant's repentance when He already knows that he will repent, as opposed to the joy of humans over something they did not expect?
- When was the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, bewitched? Did sorcery affect the revelation? And what is the truth concerning the sorcerer’s lineage?
- Is the story of the Bedouin who came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, with a mastigure in his hand, and the mastigure spoke and testified that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and the Bedouin embraced Islam—is this story authentic, weak, or fabricated? And is it found in Sahih Muslim?
- What is meant by the perfection mentioned in the hadith: "Many men reached perfection, but none among women reached perfection except four," and are there perfect men in this era, or did perfection cease after the Prophetic and Sahabah eras?
- What is the difference between obsessive-compulsive disorder and doctrinal extremism, and does extremism entirely or partially prohibit intercession?
- What are the instances for supplication (du'a) in the obligatory prayer?
- What is the ruling on quoting a verse, in writing or verbally, without indicating that it is from the Quran or saying, "Allah the Almighty has said"?
- Does the Hadith "What a wretched son of his clan" contradict the Hadith "You will find among the worst people on the Day of Resurrection, in the sight of Allah, the one with two faces"?
- Is it permissible to say: "So-and-so taught me" or "So-and-so treated me," knowing that they are merely means? And is that considered disbelief (kufr)? And is it correct to use the word "physician" (tabib) for human beings?
- What is the wisdom behind the revelation being sent down through Gabriel, peace be upon him, instead of being sent down directly to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him?
- Is the addition "Ibn Shihab said: 'I have not heard that lying is permitted in anything people say, except in three matters: war, reconciling between people, and a man's conversation with his wife and a woman's conversation with her husband'" from the mursal narrations of Az-Zuhri, or did Muslim narrate it as connected to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in another place?
- Is it true that when God created beauty, He divided it into one hundred parts, giving ninety-nine parts to Eve, then dividing the remaining part into one hundred, giving ninety-nine parts to Yusuf, then dividing the remaining part into one hundred, giving ninety-nine parts to Muhammad ﷺ, and distributing the last part throughout the world?
- How can someone pay Zakat on my behalf if my garment hangs below the ankles (isbal), and can I pay Zakat on my own behalf?