Hadith

Giving preference to performing salaah with jamaat in the Musjid

Q: I received a message wherein the following Hadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was mentioned:

Hazrat Anas bin Maalik (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “If food is served and the Iqaamah for salaah is given, then start with the food.”

The question that I wish to ask is that if one is at home and partaking of meals or one is at a function (e.g. waleemah or a braai etc.) and the food is being served, and the jamaat salaah in the musjid is about to commence, then what should a person do? Should one give preference to partaking of the food or should one attend the jamaat salaah in the musjid, as we have understood from this hadith that one should give preference to the food?

Virtue of reciting ten aayaat at night

Q: I received the following Hadith:

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “The one who recites ten aayaat at night will not be written from those who are unmindful (of the remembrance of Allah Ta’ala).”

I would like to know which ten aayaat of the Holy Quraan are supposed to be recited.

Meaning of the Hadith “The poor Muslims will enter Paradise before the rich...”

Q: I have a question regarding the following Hadith narrated by Hazrat Abu Huraira (radhiallahu anhu):

“The poor Muslims will enter Paradise before the rich by half of a day, the length of which is five hundred years.”

Generally, women don’t possess much wealth but enjoy the luxuries by their family’s wealth. Would these women be regarded as poor, since the wealth is not theirs? The women passed away before they could inherit (passing away before family), due to which their family’s wealth did not fall in their hands. What if, despite her family being wealthy, she does not own much and refuses to enjoy the luxuries of this world by her family’s wealth?

Meaning of the Hadith that the Jews and Christians will be burdened with the sins of the Muslims

Q: In the Qur'an, Allah said that no one will be burdened with the sins of another on the day of judgement but a hadith in Sahih Muslim said that the Jews and Christains will burdened with the sins of the Muslims on the day of judgement.

Abu Burdah (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reported the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) as saying: There would come people amongst the Muslims on the day of resurrection with sins heavy as a mountain and Allah would forgive them and he would place in their stead the Jews and Christains. Sahih muslim 2767d Sahih muslim, vol 6 , book of repentance, hadith 6668. 

Please clear this contradiction.