Sending Blessings
2,288 questions
What is the correct direction of the Qibla in Canada, is it northeast or southeast, in order to resolve the ongoing dispute among Muslims?
How sound is the Hadith: "Whoever visits the grave of his parents or one of them every Friday will be forgiven and recorded as dutiful"?
Did Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) say, "Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has disavowed whoever divides his religion and forms factions," and if so, in which books of Hadith was it reported?
How authentic is the Hadith of the Bedouin who said to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "By Allah, if my Lord holds me accountable, I will hold Him accountable," and does the weeping of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, distract the bearers of the Throne from their glorification?
What is the ruling on drawing animate beings out of educational necessity in biology?
Has a Hadith been reported from the Prophet, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, regarding the demolition of the Kaaba at the end of time?
Is it permissible to use sorcery, charlatanry, and bribery to obtain a job when in dire straits?
Is it possible for the Great Dajjal (Antichrist) to be born after the death of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), or must he have been in existence before that, and what is the evidence for each of these two matters?
Is the intended meaning of "cannot bear it" in the Hadith, "Whoever makes a vow he cannot bear, its expiation is the expiation of an oath," the inability to do so according to Sharia, reason, and custom?
Did the Prophet, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, circumambulate the Kaaba before the Furqan (the sending down of the Quran) and the presence of idols?
Which Sura, if recited by someone in poverty, will alleviate their condition?
Is it permissible to compose a specific supplication that includes thanksgiving, praise, prayers upon the Prophet, and all the supplications mentioned in the Sunnah, along with mentioning all one's needs, to be recited daily and at times when supplications are answered?
Is it permissible to shave the beard based on a mosque imam's statement, where he cited the verse: "Except for him who comes to Allah with a sound heart"?
What is the ruling on intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan without ejaculation, for someone ignorant of the ruling?
Is it permissible for scholars to exercise ijtihad regarding matters that have not occurred previously, and what is the evidence for this, other than from a verse or hadith?
Is the hadith narrated by Anas, may Allah be pleased with him: "There are no two servants who love each other for the sake of Allah who meet each other and shake hands and invoke blessings upon the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, except that they do not part until their sins, past and future, are forgiven for them," authentic? And if it is weak, can it be acted upon?
Is it permissible to wipe one's face and body when our master Muhammad, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, is mentioned?
Is invoking blessings upon the the Prophet (peace be upon him) with the phrase "O Allah, bless our master Muhammad" correct?
What is the ruling on the prayer of someone who prolongs the recitation of Al-Fatiha and the Tashahhud due to obsessive whispers (waswas), and does not complete them until after the Imam rises from bowing, or does not complete the Tashahhud before the Imam's Tasleem? And what is the ruling on Satan threatening with illness anyone who does not yield to his whispers?
Is it permissible to delay fulfilling a vow to free a slave and fast for three days until the required amount for freeing the slave is secured?
How can the Hadith, "Whoever introduces a good practice (Sunnah Hasanah) will have its reward and the reward of whoever acts upon it," be applied when facing accusations of Bid'ah (innovation)?
Is there an authentic hadith stating that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicated for Amr ibn al-Akhtab by saying: "O Allah, beautify him," and is it permissible for a Muslim to supplicate for himself saying: "O Allah, beautify me in my own eyes and in the eyes of those around me, and grant me acceptance"?
To what extent is the hadith authentic which narrates that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to a man who wanted to get married: "Even if Gabriel and Michael and I with them were to pray, you would not marry except the woman whom Allah has decreed for you, for it is proclaimed in the heavens: 'Behold, the woman of so-and-so son of so-and-so is so-and-so daughter of so-and-so'"?
Is there any report in the biography of Aisha, may God be pleased with her, indicating that she sought blessings from the Prophet’s grave for rain, where she asked the companions to set up a tent over his grave and supplicate, resulting in rainfall?