Q: A friend asked the following question to me and not knowing the answer I decided to write to Mufti Saheb:
The Ahaadith mention that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) liked and wore a Qamees. And this translates as shirt in English. So, how then do we restrict it to the long thawb or slit kurta? Is this proven from any Hadith?
Q: Some Syeds (descendants of the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) tell me that they will not go to hell in any way, if they are sinful, they tell me that they will go to zamhareer (a cold place for punishment). What is its authenticity with respect to Quran and Hadith?
Q: Is it correct that on the 15th night of Shabaan a new book of deeds commences and the books of the previous year close and are presented to Allah?
Q: Is there any virtue mention in the hadith on dying in the month of Ramadan and the day of Friday?
Q: In the Ahaadith what are the virtues mentioned with regards to wearing a turban? Was it a perpetual Sunnah of Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)? Will a person get seventy times more reward if he performs salaah with a turban?
Q: I would like to know who does amir and ulul amr refer to in Quran and Ahaadith? Does it refer to amirul mumineen? If yes, then in our time upon whom will the title amir fit? Or can it refer to the principal of a madrasah, the teacher of a class, the sheikh of a khanqah, the leader of a tabligh jamaat, the leader of a jihad campaign etc.?
Q: Is there any authentic hadith from the books of hadith about: When throwing the first handful one should say, "Of this (i.e. the earth) We created you," and on the second one should say, "And to it shall We cause you to return," and on the third handful one should say, "And of it We shall cause you to be resurrected a second time. Please give me the references.
Q: I need to know the status of this oft-quoted hadeeth: " There is no better man than `Ali, and no sword better than Dhul-Faqar"
“An angel called Radwan announced from the Heavens in (the Battle of) Badr ‘No sword other than Dhu Al-Faqar and no man better than `Ali.’”
Please provide references from traditional scholars in order to convince lay people.
Q: Is the permissibility of giving salam to Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) on another persons behalf mentioned in any hadith?
Q: I was told that it was stated in a certain shaykhs bayaan that during the period when wahi was stopped, Nabi (Sallalahu Alayhi Wasallam) became despondent and wanted to commit suicide. According to my (ignorant) knowledge, I can never associate the mubarak countenance of Nabi (Sallalahu Alayhi Wasallam) with that of someone wanting to take his own life. Please clarify as the possibility of me being incorrect is very likely.