Weak/Fabricated narrations related to the visiting the prophets grave – Part 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم # Hadīth 1 – ‘Abdullāh ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz > Abū al-Rabī’ al-Zahrānī > Hafs ibn Abī Dāwūd > Layth ibn Abī Sulaym > Mujāhid > Ibn ‘Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: من حج، فزار قبري بعد موتي؛ كان كمن زارني في حياتي “Whoever performs HajjContinue reading “Weak/Fabricated narrations related to the visiting the prophets grave – Part 1”

What is the Minimum and Maximum time for Menstruation? – Ibn Taymiyyah, Al-Albānī, al-Wasābī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Shaykh Zaid al-Wasābī said: “The First Opinion: There is no limit defined in days for the minimum of menstruation, nor for its maximum, and this is the position of ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī, al-Awzāʿī, and it is the choice of Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Shawkānī, and Ibn ʿUthaymīn. Mālik said: There is no limitContinue reading “What is the Minimum and Maximum time for Menstruation? – Ibn Taymiyyah, Al-Albānī, al-Wasābī”

What the follower says when rising from Rukū’

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Hurayrah narrated from the Messenger (ﷺ): إذا قال الإمام: سمع الله لمن حمده، فقولوا : اللهم ربنا لك الحمد، فإنه من وافق قوله قول الملائكة غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه “When the Imām says Sami’a Allāhu liman hamidah, say Allāhumma Rabbanā Lakal-Hamd, for if ones saying synchronises with theContinue reading “What the follower says when rising from Rukū’”

Weak narrations – Mu’ādh & Tha’labah asking the Messenger about the new moons

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وعن السدي الصغير، عن الكلبي، عن أبي صالح، عن ابن عباس، أن معاذ بن جبل وثعلبة بن علمة قالا : يا رَسُول الله ما بَالُ الهلال يبدو أو يطلع دقيقاً مثل الخيط، ثم يزيد حتَّى يَعْظُم ويستوي ويستدير ، ثم لا يزال ينقص ويدق حتى يعود كما كان، لا يكون علىContinue reading “Weak narrations – Mu’ādh & Tha’labah asking the Messenger about the new moons”

Weak & fabricated narrations pertaining to the month of Rajab – part 1.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Shaykh ibn al-‘Uthaymīn said: “It has not been established that the month of Rajab has been specified from among them (i.e. acts of worship) with anything – neither fasting nor standing (in prayer). So if a person specifies this month with something from the acts of worship without this being establishedContinue reading “Weak & fabricated narrations pertaining to the month of Rajab – part 1.”

The name of Allāh – 4) al-Qarīb & Affirming the attribute of nearness (al-qurb/al-taqarrub) – Ibn Taymiyyah, al-‘Uthaymīn, Al-Albānī, al-Humaydī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Mūsā al-‘Ash’arī narrated: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزَاةٍ، فَجَعَلْنَا لَا نَصْعَدُ شَرَفًا، وَلَا نَعْلُو شَرَفًا، وَلَا نَهْبِطُ فِي وَادٍ إِلَّا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا بِالتَّكْبِيرِ. قَالَ: فَدَنَا مِنَّا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: ” أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ارْبَعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ؛ فَإِنَّكُمْ مَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا،Continue reading “The name of Allāh – 4) al-Qarīb & Affirming the attribute of nearness (al-qurb/al-taqarrub) – Ibn Taymiyyah, al-‘Uthaymīn, Al-Albānī, al-Humaydī”

Placing the right hand over the left in prayer and the madhhab of Imām Mālik

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Evidence for placing the right hand over the left and the command to do so عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ، أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم… وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى Wāʾil ibn Hujr narrated that he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)…place his right hand over his left hand. (SahīhContinue reading “Placing the right hand over the left in prayer and the madhhab of Imām Mālik”

“Allāh does not accept from any deed except that which was purely for Him and through which His Face was sought” – explanation by Imām Al-Ithyūbī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām al-Nasā’ī said: Chapter 24 – One Who Campaigns (in Jihād) Seeking Reward and Renown ʿĪsā ibn Hilāl al-Himsī informed us, he said: Muhammad ibn Humayr narrated to us, he said: Muʿāwiyah ibn Sallām narrated to us, from ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmār, from Shaddād Abū ʿAmmār, from Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī, he said:Continue reading ““Allāh does not accept from any deed except that which was purely for Him and through which His Face was sought” – explanation by Imām Al-Ithyūbī”

Hadīth simplified: The Sahīh hadīth, it’s meaning, conditions, ruling

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The meaning of hadīth Al-Sakhāwī said: “(al-hadīth) linguistically: the opposite of ancient (qadīm), and technically: what is attributed to the Prophet (ﷺ) as his statement, action, approval, or description – even movements and stillness during wakefulness and sleep.” (Fath al-Mughīth 1/36) The linguistic meaning of Sahīh al-Sahīh is derived from al-sihhahContinue reading “Hadīth simplified: The Sahīh hadīth, it’s meaning, conditions, ruling”

Who was Imām al-Bukhārī: his name, birth, lineage, life, trials, quest for knowledge, his virtues, people testing him in Baghdād, compiling his book “al-Sahīh”

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم His Birth and Lineage Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Bukhārī, Muhammad ibn Ismā’īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah, and it is (also) said Badhdizbah, which is a Bukhāran word meaning “the farmer.” Bardizbah was a Persian [Magian] who followed his people’s religion, then embraced Islām at the hands of al-Yamān al-Ju’fī –Continue reading “Who was Imām al-Bukhārī: his name, birth, lineage, life, trials, quest for knowledge, his virtues, people testing him in Baghdād, compiling his book “al-Sahīh””