Commentary

Q: I have a question regarding the appearance of the dajjal and shortage of food. In one report it says before his arrival, there will be shortage of food and drinks for 3 years (musnad ahmed).

However, in another hadith it says under the Mahdi, there shall be abundance of food to such an extent a man will say "mahdi, give me" and he shall reply "take it".

Now my confusion is that the dajjal is to emerge during the mahdi's time, so how to reconcile the two situations?

Q: Is it true that in the Hadith Allah Ta'ala curses women who ride horses? If yes, how authentic is the Hadith and what is the ruling of this Hadith according to the Fuqaha? What about ladies driving? Does this Hadith apply to them also here? (i.e. driving)

Q: A person asked the question, in the final hadeeth of bukhaari it says "kalimataani habeebataani...", so he wants to know if there's any special reason and purpose why "two words" was mentioned, and not 1 or 3+ words? I was unable to give an answer, can Mufti shed some light on it?

Q: The Hadith says that when you leave something for the sake of Allah then Allah will reward you with something better.

Question 1: Does this mean that if one leaves something e.g. sacrifices his home comfort etc. to go to the musjid or in the path of Allah etc., then as a reward, one will get better then what one has left behind?

Question 2: Does it refer to the case where one leaves something haraam e.g. a sinful deed or haraam food then in reward, one will get better than what one has sacrificed?

Question 3: What is the correct explanation of this Hadith? 

Q: A family member recently heard a lecture in which the speaker made a comment that if you do not think of nabi salaalaahu alaihi wa sallam in your namaaz, your namaaz is invalid. The speaker furhter presented a hadith as his proof in which he only mentioned that a sahaabi was performing namaaz when Nabi (Alaihis Salaam) called him and he failed to reply.

Is there any such hadeeth, if yes, what is the complete hadith with the explanation?

Q: What reward/benefit does one obtain when performing Sunnat Umrah? Will all your sins be forgiven? Are the reward /benefit the same as when one performs the Haj?

Q: I want to ask about the hadith which says that a time will come when madina will become bleak that is it will become unpopulated. Please provide the hadith and its explanation.

Q: Whilst at a Musjid in Pietermaritzburg recently, I read on the board the following Hadith: “Do not stand until you see me in front of you.” Does this refer to Musallees not standing before the Imam is on his Mussallah? 

Q: What's the hadith about always accepting a gift from another muslim? Does this refer to non mahrams as well?

Q: Are there a group of people whose duas are not accepted?