Hadith

Allah Ta'ala's encompassing knowledge

Q: I have a question about some texts in the Quran whose meanings we should not delve into. I sometimes start getting images in my mind.

For example about this Hadith Prophet Mohammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, "If one of you lowered a bucket by a rope (into a well), then it would fall on Allah." [At-Tirmidhi]

I get an image that a bucket is falling into a well and if Allah is in the well, because it seems that this is what the literal meaning means. Then I get really confused because if I accept this image it seems that I'm doing anthropomorphism and if I reject it what if it is the real meaning. What I mean to say is that whether the meaning is literal or figurative only Allah knows best, but then I get a literal image in my mind. I get really scared that if I accept it, what if it is anthropomorphism and if I reject it, what if this is what actually happens. I'm really scared of doing kufr. Please help me out.

Eating meat

Q: Some sisters were having a conversation on the eating of meat. One sister commented that there is a hadeeth where the Prophet Muhammed sallallahu alahi wa salaam says: "Do not let your stomach become a graveyard for animals." I have never heard of this hadeeth nor seen it anywhere. I once saw that Ali radhiyallahu anhu said that, otherwise no one can give clear proof.

Respect for the husband

Q: Due to this hadith and seemingly degrading hadiths on women, I'm having doubts and resentments towards men. Can women decide to never be married? The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: “It is not right for any human being to prostrate to another; if it were right for one human being to prostrate to another, I would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands because of the great rights that they have over them. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if a man were covered from head to foot with weeping sores oozing pus, and his wife were to come to him and lick his sores (to clean them), this would not fulfil the rights he has over her.’”

It's been days and I can't get over it. Explain this. If marriage means this,  I don't know what to think or say. These hadiths really distress me that much. Not only I have my own problems; now I have to read these hadiths which really discourage and sadden me.

Reciting Surah Zumar and Surah Bani Israeel before sleeping

Q: ﻗَﺎﻟَﺖْ ﻋَﺎﺋِﺸَﺔُ ﺭﺿﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻬﺎ ﻛَﺎﻥَ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺒِﻰُّ - ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ - ﻻَ ﻳَﻨَﺎﻡُ ﺣَﺘَّﻰ ﻳَﻘْﺮَﺃَ ﺍﻟﺰُّﻣَﺮَ ﻭَﺑَﻨِﻰ ﺇِﺳْﺮَﺍﺋِﻴﻞَ

Aisha (radhiyallahu anha) said, “Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) wouldn’t go to sleep until he read Az-Zumar and Bani Isra’il. (Collected by At-Tirmithi (3405), Ibn Khuzaymah (1/126/2) Al-Hakim (2/434) Ahmed (2/68 /122) At-Tirmithi graded this hadeeth as being Hasan Ghareeb. And Shaykh Al-Albani said “The men in the isnad are trustworthy [ Silsilahtus Saheehah 641 ]

Is it authentic?

Verification of Ahaadith

Q: Please verify these two Hadith:

1. I'm Arab but Arab is not in me and I'm not Hind but Hind is in me.

2. I feel a cool breeze coming from Hind.

Did Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) really say that? If yes then please tell me the tafseer but not in Arabic.