QUESTION: Is the following narration or post authentic or fabricated: To convey Salaam by means of gesturing with the finger or the palm is disallowed. It has been mentioned in the Hadith that to greet by the gesturing with the finger is the manner of the Jews and to...
QUESTION: Is the following Hadith authentic: "A woman should not describe another woman to her husband as though he is looking at her." ANSWER: In the commentary of Bukhari Sharif, Ibn Battal quotes the following narration of Rasulullah Salallahu Alahi Wasallam: لا...
QUESTION: Is there any authenticity to the "Hirz of Abu Dujaanah"? ANSWER: The Hirz of Abu Dujaanah is unauthentic and unreliable. Commentators of Hadith have mentioned it to be fabricated. There are narrators that have been omitted in the chain of narrators and most...
Question:- Is the narration which states that Jibraeel Alaihis Salaam taught Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam how to perform Wudhu, authentic? Answer:- We have found the following excerpt in the authentic books of Seerah: [1] After Tauheed, the very first lesson...
Question:- Is there a narration that states that Surah Ikhlaas should be recited 100 times in Salaah during the month of Rajab? Answer:- There are narrations which discuss the above subject matter, and there are other narrations regarding Salaatur-Ragaa’ib, which...
Question:- I was recently at a talk and heard a story of a female Sahaabi which went as follows: The husband had gone out in jihad and instructed the wife not to leave the home. Whilst he was out, her father got sick so she sought permission from Rasulullah Salallahu...
Question:- I would like to know about the Hirz-e-Abu Dujana. Is it permissible to write and use as a Taweez in the home? Also does the use of Taweez weaken a person's Imaan? Answer:- 1. The ‘Hirz of Abu Dujana’ should not be used. The narration is fabricated and the...
Question:- Is the following Hadith classified as weak or authentic? Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam is reported to have said: “When a Faasiq (open sinner) is honoured, then Allah Ta'ala becomes angry and His throne shakes." Answer:- According to Ibn Hajar...
