بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām Muslim said: Chapter, it is recommended to pray two rak’ah before Maghrib Hadīth 1. وَكُنَّا نُصَلِّي عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ، قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّاهُمَا ؟ قَالَ : كَانَ يَرَانَا نُصَلِّيهِمَا ، فَلَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا Anas narrated:… AndContinue reading “Is it permissible to pray two rak’ah before Maghrib”
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Recommendation of saying the adhan when praying alone & affirming Allah’s attribute of amazement
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Imām al-Nasā’ī said: “Chapter: The Adhan For One Who Is Praying Alone” ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Āmir narrated: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) say: يَعْجَبُ رَبُّكَ مِنْ رَاعِي غَنَمٍ فِي شَطْيَّةٍ بِجَبَلٍ يُؤَذِّنُ لِلصَّلاةِ وَيُصَلِّي، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ : انظُرُوا إِلَى عبدي هذا، يُؤَذِّنُ وَيُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةِ يَخَافُ مِنِّي، فَقَدْ غَفَرْت لِعَبْدِي وَأَدْخَلْتُهُContinue reading “Recommendation of saying the adhan when praying alone & affirming Allah’s attribute of amazement”
Acting upon weak hadith – part 1: Yahyā ibn Ma’īn, Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn al-‘Arabī’, Al-Albānī
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “مَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنِّي حَدِيثًا وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ فَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْكَاذِبِينَ“ “Whoever narrates a Hadīth from me which he knows is a lie, then he is one of the liars.”. (Tirmidhī 2662) In another narration: “مَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنِّي بِحَدِيثٍ وَهُوَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذِبٌ فَهُوَ أَحَدُ الْكَاذِبَيْنِ“ WhoeverContinue reading “Acting upon weak hadith – part 1: Yahyā ibn Ma’īn, Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn al-‘Arabī’, Al-Albānī”
Authenticity of fasting the six days of shawwaal
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Hadīth 1. Narrated by Yahyā ibn Ayyūb and Qutaybah ibn Sa’īd and ‘Alī ibn Hujr, all from Ismā’īl – Ibn Ayyūb who said: Ismā’īl ibn Ja’far narrated to us: Sa’d ibn Sa’īd ibn Qays informed me from ‘Umar ibn Thābit ibn al-Hārith al-Khazrajī, Abū Ayyūb al-Ansārī, may Allāh be pleased withContinue reading “Authenticity of fasting the six days of shawwaal”
Whoever dies whilst fasting will enter Paradise
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: مَنْ خُتِمَ لَهُ بِصِيَام يَوْمٍ دَخَلَ الجنَّة “Whoever has his life sealed with a day of fasting will enter Paradise.” (Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in Sahīh al-Jāmi 6224 and al-Sahīhah 1645) Al-Manāwī said: “Whoever has his life sealed with a day of fasting” meaning: whoever concluded hisContinue reading “Whoever dies whilst fasting will enter Paradise”
Intention to fast ramadan is required every night
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: مَنْ لَمْ يُبَيِّتِ الصِّيَامَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الفَجْرِ فَلَا صِيَامَ له “Whoever does not commit himself (i.e. establish the intention) for fasting before the break of dawn has no fast“ (Sahīh al-Jāmi of Al-Albānī who declared it Sahīh #6534) Al-Manāwī said: … and in Ibn Mājah’s narration: “WhoeverContinue reading “Intention to fast ramadan is required every night”
Weak ahadith pertaining to Ramadan Part 1.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم سيد الشهور شهر رمضان “The master of all months is the month of Ramadān.” Collected in Kashf Al-Astār 1/339, and Al-Bayhaqī in Shu’ab Al-Īmān (3/355, 3/314, 3755, 3736) and Ibn ‘Asākir in Tārīkh Dimashq (26/392-393) through the chain of Yazīd ibn ‘Abd al-Malik. This chain is very weak. Yazīd ibn ‘AbdContinue reading “Weak ahadith pertaining to Ramadan Part 1.”
The fast that yields only hunger and no reward
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Prophet (ﷺ) said: رب صائم ليس له من صيامه إلا الجوع، ورب قائم ليس له من قيامه إلا السهر “There are people who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are people who pray (at night) and get nothing from their prayers except a sleepless night.”Continue reading “The fast that yields only hunger and no reward”
Hands or knees first? The authentic method of sujood
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم A summary of the different opinions First Opinion: It is obligatory to place the hands before the knees. This view was held by the Dhāhirīs. Second Opinion: It is recommended to place the hands before the knees. This was the view of the Mālikīs, and one narration from Imām Ahmad. ItContinue reading “Hands or knees first? The authentic method of sujood”
Weak hadīth: Wiping the face after making du’ā
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Narration of ‘Umar Abū Mūsā Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā > Ibrāhīm ibn Ya’qūb > Hammād ibn ʿĪsā al-Juhanī > Handhalah ibn Abī Sufyān al-Jumahīyyu > Sālim ibn ʿAbdillāh > his father > ‘Umar ibn Al-Khattāb who narrated: انَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ لَمْ يَحُطَّهُمَا حَتَّىContinue reading “Weak hadīth: Wiping the face after making du’ā”
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