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Al-Irjā is the Religion of the Kings & on the Irjā of Abū Hanīfah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū ‘Abdullāh Āl-Hamdān mentions: “Al-Nasr ibn Shumayl (d. 204 AH) said: “I entered upon al-Maʾmūn and he said to me: ‘How are you this morning, O Nadr?’ I said: ‘In goodness.’ He said: ‘Do you know what al-Irjāʾ is?’ I said: ‘It is a religion that suits kings — through it…
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Weak hadīth: Seating of the Prophet on Allahs Throne

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Narration 1: of ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd …Salamah al-Ahmar from Ash’ath ibn Tulīq from ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd who said: بينا أنا عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أقرأ عليه حتى بلغت {عسى أن يبعثك ربك مقاما محمودا} قال يجلسني على العرش “While I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting…
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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 Hajj…
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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 على…
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Weak hadīth: saying Bismillah wa barakatillah before eating

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū al-‘Abbās Qāsim ibn al-Qāsim al-Sayyārī informed us in Marw, Abū al-Muwajjih [informed] us, ‘Abdān [informed] us, al-Fadl ibn Mūsā [informed] us, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Kaysān narrated to us, ‘Ikrimah narrated to us, from Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both) that: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَ…
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When does a weak hadeeth become hasan & the authenticity of calling adhaan/iqaamah in newborns ear

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Intro: When does a weak hadīth become Hasan Meaning of hasan li-ghayrihi: “…it is the hadīth that contains weakness that is not severe, such as its narrator being weak (but) not descending below the rank of one who is considered (for supporting evidence), or a mudallis [one who practices tadlīs] who…
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Evidence that face and hands of the woman are not awrah – part 2; Tafsīr of al-Ahzāb:59 & clarification of what’s authentic from Ibn ‘Abbās

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم For part 1 – containing ahādīth which show the women uncovering their face and hands during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ), responses to some of the doubts/objections, and the tafsīr of Sūrah al-Nūr verse 31 – click here: https://fawaaids.com/2025/07/12/evidence-that-the-face-hands-of-the-woman-is-not-awrah-part-1/ Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Ahzāb:59 Allāh says: يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزۡوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ…
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Is it permissible to pray two rak’ah before Maghrib

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:… And…
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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 with…
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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 ‘Abd…
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