Sending Blessings
2,288 questions
How sound is the Hadith: "Learn sorcery but do not practice it"?
To what extent are the hadiths valid that specify the name of the Awaited Mahdi as “Muhammad ibn Abdullah” or “Muhammad”? And can his name be “Aba al-Qasim” or “Taha” or “Mustafa” or other names of the Prophet? And to what extent is the hadith “His name is like my name and his father’s name is like my father’s name” valid?
Is the Hadith "No wealth was ever gathered from lawful sources" authentic, and what is its chain of transmission and interpretation?
Is sending a ringtone to a mobile phone via the internet to a friend considered a sin or an iniquity?
ما هو نص حديث الزوجة التي أطاعت زوجها فدخل والدها الجنة، وهل هو صحيح؟
ما هو الحديث الذي يحث على التعارف بين أي اثنين عند أول لقاء لهما؟
Did the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, suffer a defeat in the the Battle of Uhud?
Did God obligate Himself to anything that would entail the requital of a servant, and is this still from God's mercy, given that God is the One who obligated it upon Himself?
Is the customary village practice of replacing a tin of olive oil with another tin after the harvest considered usury (riba), according to the hadith "hand to hand" (yadan bi-yad)?
Is it permissible to raise small birds (like "durar" finches) and confine them in cages?
What is the saved sect that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, singled out in the Hadith, and what about Jama'at al-Tabligh?
Is the Hadith narrated by Yunus bin Bukair from Muhammad bin Ishaq, which contains the story of Abu Jahl and his attempt to assault the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, while he was praying, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saying: "That is Jibreel; had he come nearer to me, he would have seized him," authentic? And who did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, mean by his saying, "That is Jibreel"?
Is the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah loves the hairy man and dislikes the hairy woman" authentic?
To what extent are the hadiths valid that mention the virtues of Ali ibn Abi Talib, which include that the Prophet (peace and blessings be be upon him) asked his Lord to make Ali a minister to him, that Ali asked his Lord to grant him a covenant and affection, and that the Quran consists of four quarters, one quarter of which is about the People of the House (Ahl al-Bayt)?
What is the meaning of "al-Majlis" in the noble Hadith, and does it include eating and sleeping, or passing by for a few moments, or walking on the way to the mosque?
How can the Hadith that Christians will be the most numerous people on Earth in the End Times be reconciled with the conquest of Rome?
What is the ruling on continuing to maintain ties with a sister who has caused severe psychological wounds, and towards whom affection has ceased to exist?
How can one reconcile the sayings of the Salaf that point to the merit or necessity of sorrow, with the Prophet's—peace and blessings be upon him—seeking refuge from sorrow, and what Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned concerning it? And does the command to weep over one's sin, mentioned in the hadith: "and weep over your sin," include sins for which repentance has been made? What is the wisdom behind that, and is this hadith considered a command to grieve?
Is the Qur’an a miracle or merely a challenge? What is the proof of that? And is the reward commensurate with the hardship?
What is the text of the hadith that speaks about lowering the gaze, in which it is stated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man looking at a woman and commanded him to lower his gaze?
Should one move the finger during the first and second Tashahhud?
Is the saying: "Whoever searches for the faults of people while he has a fault, people will search for his fault. And whoever searches for the faults of people while he has no fault, Allah will create a fault for him," a sound prophetic hadith?
Is it permissible to remove some of the hairs located directly above the eye, from the side of the eye—whether on the right for the right eye or on the left for the left eye—as an adornment for the husband and with his permission?
How can the prohibition against praising the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, excessively be reconciled with seeking blessings from his relics?