Authentication

Q: Please advise about saffron, how one should use the same, whether it is sunnah or not.

Q: I would like to know about authenticity of the following incidence, this dua is known as 'Hirz Abu Dujana'. Imam-i Baihaki says in his book Dalail-un- nubuwwa and Imam-i Qurtubi in his book Tazkira that Abu Dujana said, "I was lying down, when I heard a noise like the noise of a mill or that of the leaves of a tree and saw a flash like lightning. I raised my head to see something black that was rising in the middle of the room. I felt it with my hand. It was like a porcupine's skin. It began to throw things like sparks at my face. At once I went to Rasulullah and told him what had happened. He said, 'O Aba Dujana! May Allah give your home goodness and abundance!' He asked for a pen and a piece of paper. He had Ali 'radiAllahu anh' write a letter. I took the letter to my home. I put it under my head and went to sleep. A yelling voice woke me up. It said, 'O Aba Dujana! You have burned me with that letter. Your owner is certainly much higher than we are. There is no way of escape for us, except that you remove that letter. We shall no longer come to your home or your neighbors.' We cannot go to places where the letter is.' I told him that I could not remove the letter without getting my owner's permission. The night seemed very long to me because of the crying and wailing of genies. After performing the morning prayer in the mosque, I told Rasulullah what the genie had said. Rasulullah 'sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam' said, 'Remove the letter. Or else they will suffer the letter's pain till the Resurrection.'"

This dua is also found in Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi[RA] 's Bahishti Zewar.

I have also heard that some Fuqha have considered it as a fabrication, please explain its authenticity.

Q: Is there any proof of our kalimah sahada ‘Laa ilaaha illal-laahu Muhammadur rasu-lullaah’ in Quran and hadith? I have heard this is derived from Quran and Hadith but these complete words are not directly found in Quran and hadith, please clarify providing appropriate references.

Q: Please provide me the references of this hadith: "The reward of Salaah (Prayers) is multiplied 70 times if Miswaak was used before it."

Q: Please let me know the authenticity of this hadith and the book of hadith in which it is mentioned.

The Messenger of Allah, (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam), said: "Whosoever memorises and preserves for my community forty hadith concerning matters of this religion, Allah will resurrect him on the Day of Judgment in the company of jurists and religious scholars."

I have heard many say this hadith is weak.

Also please explain the meaning of this hadith, does it mean:

1. One should memorize it in Arabic or his local language.
2. Does it mean one should memorize it by completely understanding it.
3. Does it mean one should memorize it by actually practising the hadith.

Q: Is there a Hadith stating that it is better to buy gold?

Q: Is it correct to say that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) is the word of God?

Q: I once read a hadith; something to this effect that if you talk during azaan, on the day of qiyamat you will not be able to recite your kalima. Can you please quote me the exact Hadith?

Q: Please enlighten me with the references of this hadith: Conjoined Hadiths from Musnad Ahmad: Jaabir (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu) narrated that Allaah's Messenger (sal-Allaahu`alayhe wa sallam) said: "Al Muslimoon Ummatun Wahida, Wa Biladahum Wahida, Wa Harbahum Wahida, Wa Salmahum Wahida". Is this a Hadith at all?

Q: Is the following hadith authentic and in the proper wording ?

Umm Habibah bint Abu Sufyan reports that the Messenger of Allah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) said: "Whoever prays twelve rak'at during the day and night will have a house built for him in paradise: four rak'at before zuhr and two after it, two rak'at after maghrib, two rak'at after 'isha, and two rak'at before fajr." (Tirmidhi, who graded it as Hasan sahih).

Can you send me any more hadith that says how to get a house in jannah?