Sending Blessings
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1. Is my cousin obligated to pay this compensation, or is the injury caused by an animal considered wasted, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The injury caused by an animal is without liability"? 2. Is the son or the father obligated to pay this compensation, knowing that the father passed away before the court ruled on the compensation, especially since the son had warned his father about the danger of the donkey? 3. Is it permissible for the guardian of this child to waive this compensation, or a part of it, or is this compensation a right of the child, and thus the guardian is not permitted to waive it?
Is drawing animate beings forbidden, and will the artist be punished on the Day of Resurrection if he is unable to erase the drawings he made previously?
Where does the first half of the Tashahhud end: is it with the words "And I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger" or with the words "O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad"?
Is there a bewildered soul that feels disquiet and rejects death before its arrival?
What is the ruling on saying: "O Allah, spare us the evil of this laughter," or "O Allah, make this laughter good," after excessive laughter, taking into consideration the noble Hadith: "Excessive laughter deadens the heart"?
Does the prayer become invalid if the worshipper decides to suffice with invoking blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the Tashahhud, then makes a deliberate gesture indicating the unimportance of completing the Tashahhud, and then performs the Taslim?
Is it permissible to substitute "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said" with "The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said" in Hadith?
Is it valid to be occupied with the Qur’an during a time when prayers are answered instead of supplicating, and is the reciter given better than what is given to those who ask, based on the Hadith Qudsi: "To whomever the Qur’an distracts from My remembrance and My asking, I grant him better than what I grant to those who ask"?
What are the qualities that a man must possess; is strictness one of them, and how does one acquire it?
Is sending blessings upon the Prophet by saying, "O Allah, send Your choicest blessings upon the most honorable of Your creations, by the number of Your knowledge, our Master Muhammad," correct?
How can the misconception regarding the Prophet’s — may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him — anger and his supplication against some Muslims be removed, despite his infallibility and what is mentioned in hadiths such as his supplication against Mu'awiyah, and Aisha's saying: "Two men entered upon the Messenger of Allah — may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him — and spoke to him about something I do not know what it was, but they angered him, so he cursed and insulted them. When they left, I said, 'O Messenger of Allah! What good did these two attain compared to what they suffered?' He said, 'What is that?' I said, 'You cursed and insulted them.' He said, 'Do you not know what I stipulated with my Lord? I said: O Allah, I am but a human being, so any Muslim whom I curse or insult, make it for him a purification and a reward'"?
Are those who dislike the Madhhab of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his followers considered a sect of the Khawarij, based on the interpretation of the Prophet's Hadith that the Najd mentioned in the Hadith is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?
Is saying "Peace be upon the Messenger of Allah" by the congregation in a gathering considered an innovation (bid'ah)?
What is your advice for someone who wants to memorize the Hadith and the Prophetic Sunnah, and how should they start and progress? What books do you recommend for memorization? Is there a book that compiles the Ahadith agreed upon by the two Shaykhs, Al-Bukhari and Muslim, or by Al-Bukhari, Muslim, and other Sunan and Musnad collections?
Does the letter fa in "falyalbath" denote order and sequence, such that the meaning of the hadith is that Jesus (peace be upon him) will stay on Earth for an additional forty years after his descent?
Was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pleased and laughing when Aisha smeared Sawdah's face with food, as stated in the Hadith?
What is meant by the saying of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): "Among what was revealed of the Qur’an was: 'Ten known sucklings make unlawful,' then it was abrogated by 'five known sucklings,' and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away while these were among what was recited from the Qur’an"? And is it understood from this that the verse of prohibition by five sucklings was present in the Qur’an and then removed?
Is seeking knowledge to dispel ignorance and for self-cultivation, rather than for people's praise, considered showing off (riya')? And what is the virtue of memorizing a new hadith?
What is the ruling on saying: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the torment of Hell, from the torment of the grave, from the trials of life and death, and from the trials of the Antichrist (Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal)" after sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in prayer? Is it obligatory or a Sunnah? And should one who joins the prayer late (masbooq) say it in the last rak'ah of the Imam's prayer if it is obligatory?
Does Allah have a size or a weight, and what are the Throne (Al-Arsh) and the Footstool (Al-Kursī), and what is their size?
What is the ruling on dedicating specific times for certain dhikr, such as ten minutes for sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him), ten minutes for multiplied tasbeeh, and twenty minutes for Surat Al-Ikhlas, and is this action permissible or does it fall under innovation (bid‘ah)?
Is Surat Ya-Sin a cure for forgetfulness?
Is it true that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would sometimes eat with his left hand to ease the burden on his Ummah?
How did the teachings and sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him) reach the people in the Prophetic era?